Sweet corn is one of the few crops for which insect pests drive most of the pest management program. A number of caterpillar pests attack sweet corn, infesting ears and rendering the ear and the whole ...

Anyone who has ever grown sweet corn knows that raccoons love sweet corn just about as much as people do. Plus, I imagine that these gardeners have lost more than one crop to these midnight bandits.

Be sure to research local regulation on trapping and relocating as there are often protections against this practice. Raccoons are often pictured as cute, masked critters that snatch scraps from a ...