Slugs and their slimy trails can be a real nuisance in the garden. They can cause significant damage to your vegetable plants and leave your garden beds unsightly. Some suggestions to deter garden ...

Rabbits! They are ravenous in the spring when greens like spinach and lettuce are just coming up. For years I kept them at bay with a simple 2-foot high chicken wire fence held in place with thin ...

Q: Decades ago, when I was living on Orcas Island, I had a large home garden, over an acre, and kind of welcomed the big fat banana slugs. Early morning patrols with a couple of pieces of sharpened ...

If you live in an area with slugs, you know they can be a major garden nuisance. Nothing can ruin your elaborate gardening plans like seeing the remains of your tender seedlings eaten through down to ...

The recent rainy weather has really brought out the slugs. Several of my plants have large irregularly shaped areas chewed out of the leaves. What can I do to get rid of the slugs? If I use slug bait, ...

A GARDEN expert has urged plant lovers to bury a £1 beverage in the garden this spring, to keep slugs out of the vegetable patch. Now that spring has sprung, and blue skies are upon us many of us will ...

We are really excited about a new development in the control of these disgusting and destructive pests. Not all gardeners have slugs, but most do, including both of us. The old standard slug bait was ...

11:59, Sat, Aug 2, 2025 Updated: 12:13, Sat, Aug 2, 2025 A gardening expert has shut down the idea that using eggshells and coffee will do much to protect your plants from slugs. Instead, they ...

Snails and slugs thrive when the weather is rainy and beds are regularly irrigated. (Patrick Pleul/AP) Since spring, frequent rains have been keeping things on the soggy side and causing a myriad of ...

All recommendations within this article are informed by expert editorial opinion. If you click on a link in this story we may earn affiliate revenue. A GARDEN expert has urged plant lovers to bury a ...