When darkness falls, your garden becomes a feast for hungry pests. One everyday food hero promises to protect your blooms ...

Gardening expert Karen Gimson has shared her top tip for keeping slugs away from your plants and flowers - and you probably ...

There are more than 40 species of slugs in the UK. And while your garden may never be slug free, there are several things you can do to deter them from your sanctuary. From copper wire ...

January tends to be a quiet time in British gardens as the frosty weather usually means there is not much to do, but slugs can still be a nuisance if you do not take steps to deter them.

This may increase the amount of iron in ground water, which can be toxic to earthworms in high doses. If you use either kind of pellets, concentrate your efforts on vulnerable plants; don’t attempt to ...

If it gets too dry, snails can go into a dormancy called aestivation, or if it gets too cold, they might hibernate. There are snails and slugs everywhere! If you have a garden, you’ll find them hiding ...

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 ...

No method is as effective as simply walking around your garden with a torch and picking up the slugs you find. Sadly this leads to a dilemma - what do with your captive mollusc? Throw it over ...

Another reason to keep them around is because many of our much-loved garden visitors, including frogs, birds and hedgehogs rely on slugs and snails as a food source, so by not killing them you're ...

Scientists have discovered the ultimate case of regeneration: Some decapitated sea slugs can regrow hearts and whole new bodies. This “wonder of nature,” reported in a biology journal on ...

but not kill slugs and snails. The design is incredibly simple – two bare wires are strung around the raised garden about one centimeter apart. The wires are connected to a nine-volt battery.