If your plants are being chewed up by slimy visitors, can eggshells keep them away, or is this hack a myth? Get the facts ...

Slugs are wreaking havoc across British gardens as the wet weather continues into summer 2024. Gardening legend Alan Tichmarsh has compared them to bed bugs, admitting he chucks them over his fence to ...

There are numerous non-toxic, eco-friendly methods to control slugs and snails without harming beneficial insects, pets, or the environment. Slugs and snails are most active at night and thrive in ...

If you have snails in your garden, they’re most likely to be common garden snails, also known as brown garden snails. And although these tend to be completely harmless to humans, they can, ...

Slugs and snails are active for most of the year but are a particular problem from February when there's plenty of young growth for them to eat. Slugs and snails are mostly active after dark, ...

Snails can be a real nuisance in the garden, sometimes munching their way through plants and vegetables at an alarming rate. However, they are usually relatively easy to deal with, and the vast ...

See if the snails in your garden have a homing instinct. This exercise is an entertaining way to investigate the behaviour of a common garden pest. It will increase your children's investigative ...