This small San Francisco backyard is packed with fun features

Nosh outdoors the stylish way with colorful containers, serveware, grills and games

Give ants their marching orders and send mosquitoes moseying, while creating a garden that draws pollinators and helpful eaters

When you discover how hard bees work for our food supply, you may never garden without them in mind again

Provide flowers and nesting sites in your garden for this beautiful, tiny, metallic blue wild bee — your plants will thank you

Stay safe from West Nile virus and put an end to irksome itches with these tools and methods for a porch, patio or yard

Prevent home break-ins with strategic landscaping and good practices instead of menacing — and maybe less effective — measures

We need pollinators, and they increasingly need us too. Here, why and how to be a bee friend

Don't let insects be the bane of your sweet tea and swing time. These screening and product ideas will help keep bugs at bay on the porch

Cabinet toe kicks can cleverly house a bank of wide drawers — or be dressed up to add a flourish to your kitchen design