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WITH the weekend finally here and the weather heating up, if you want to ensure your garden is guest-ready, you’ve come to ...
Slugs and snails are notorious leaf chewers in vegetable, flower, and fruit gardens. Both belong to the animal family called ...
Saving the leftovers of a popular fruit could be the answer to your gardening woes if you have slugs eating your plants and ...
As spring gets into full flow, many gardeners are preparing for the return of slugs - but there's a natural deterrent that ...
Invasive and destructive, slugs are every plant grower’s nightmare. One gardener shared a novel way of trapping the pesky ...
A GARDEN expert has urged plant lovers to bury a £1 beverage in the garden this spring, to keep slugs out of the vegetable ...
What is the banana slug? The banana slug is named for its resemblance to a ripe (or overripe, in the case of spotted individuals) banana. It’s one of the slowest creatures on Earth, moving at a ...
Rat lungworm disease typically infects humans after they eat raw fruits and vegetables contaminated by slugs carrying the small parasitic roundworms. -- The Maui News / CHRIS SUGIDONO photo A ...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff As the stress of modern life increases and the cost of groceries continues to rise, more and more people are turning to the peace and self-sufficiency that home ...
Weeds, bugs, rabbits, birds — all of them try to get a bite out of our flowers and vegetables. Some of the worst are mollusks. Snails and slugs are notorious plant attackers. Tomato plants don ...