SLUGS! Ever discover something in the night had eaten holes on your hosta leaves or even in your vegetable or strawberry garden. One probable source of this damage is slugs. Hungry slugs can be ...

The average garden in the UK contains more than 20,000 slugs, so it's not surprising that the pests sometimes munch on our ...

Slugs, the bane of many gardeners ... to chew can deter them from inhabiting your garden. Gardening expert David explained, "The delicate pink, white and blue flowers of the hydrangea plant ...

However, Alan Titchmarsh has shared on Waitrose Garden that a very simple yet effective method to keep slugs away is to set up barriers near the plants. He said: “Some gardeners swear by ...

If you use either kind of pellets, concentrate your efforts on vulnerable plants; don’t attempt to eliminate slugs from the whole garden. Scatter the pellets thinly, as directed on the packet, as ...

From pruning and spraying to cutting back and attacking slugs, February is full of important chores for the attentive gardener.

It has led charity Garden Organic to dub 2024 the 'year of the slug' and an 'annus horribilis'. Squashes such as courgettes fared worst with 62 per cent of growers saying their yield was either a ...

Most of the slugs and snails that eat your garden are not native. They live where they are unseen - in the fallen leaf litter, under mulch and around dark, damp places. At night, they munch on ...