Neem oil comes from the pressed fruit of the neem tree, which is native to India and Africa. Neem oil has natural insect-repelling properties, making for a useful yet organic insecticide. To use on ...

Here’s how apply neem oil for insect and disease management. If you’re interested in an organic solution for problems with your garden and houseplants, you may want to consider neem oil. “This ...

Neem oil comes from the seeds of the neem tree (Azadirachta indica), a fast-growing member of the mahogany family native to southeast Asia. Typically expressed via a cold-pressing process, the oil is ...

Editor’s note: How Does Your Garden Grow is a series the Gazette will feature again this growing season, provided by master gardener Ken Oles of Wrentham. He will discuss various backyard gardening ...

Horticultural oils come from several sources and have long been used to control plant pests and diseases. All are considered organic pesticides and most are petroleum based but some come from ...

Many gardeners may be new to using neem oil as an insecticide around vegetable plants. Neem oil, however, has been around for thousands of years. The bark, leaves and oil of the neem tree have been ...

Neem oil all-natural tree extract shows up in beauty products, health care and a wide range of agricultural applications. There is a bit of confusion out there on how useful neem oil is for plants.

Of the more than 80,000 tree species on our planet, the Indian neem tree (Azadirachta indica) is magnificent and known by millions of people as “the village pharmacy.” Imagine one kind of tree that ...