Snails are most active in the cooler, damp evenings and early mornings, but their damage can be seen throughout the day. While it's almost impossible to create a completely slug-free garden ...

Following rain, wind and flooding this month, our gardens are attracting slugs, but try this 55p homemade trick to keep them ...

They were examined weekly for signs of damage and, at the end of the ... identified in the experiment were the grey field slug and the common garden snail.

It means that leopard slugs are your beneficial garden cleaners ... “These guys don’t do much damage to living plants, as they eat mainly dead and rotting vegetation along with fungi, which ...

Colin said: "Low maintenance, incredibly hardy and well down the slug and snail menu; ferns make an attractive, hassle-free addition to the garden." He also explained: "It's the thick and ...

As for spotting slug activity in your garden, look out for nibbled holes ... around flowers and plants to keep them free from slug damage. This method can benefit your plants too as the calcium ...

Interestingly, leopard slugs also prey on other slugs. This makes them beneficial garden cleaners ... "These guys don't do much damage to living plants, as they eat mainly dead and rotting ...

The plants will be examined weekly for signs of damage and, at the end of the experiment, all the lettuces will be harvested and weighed. The grey garden slug, Deroceras reticulatum, is an ...

“He gets very little slug damage, but he keeps his [collection] away from the house in a woodland area where there is lots of ...

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 ... The most serious damage is caused by the ...

Though they live in our gardens all year round, they tend to hide in dark, damp places during the heat of summer, so they do the most damage ... of the slugs and snails that eat your garden ...