For a couple of years, I've been battling little brown round snails that are eating holes in plant leaves and leaving rasp scrapings on stems. Now there is a new conical-shaped snail in my potted ...
Our rainy spring weather has been great for our gardens — but may also have encouraged some unwelcome garden visitors, including snails and slugs. Snails and slugs are similar in structure and biology ...
Some of these invasive garden snails spread serious diseases, while others cause severe damage to fruits and other crops, so ...
When tending to your garden, check for any clear eggs. These unwelcomed guests can lead to bigger unwanted problems if not ...
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 ...
Q. Help. I planted my winter garden and now the snails are eating my newly planted cabbage and pak choi plants. I have tried baits and beer traps but that does not seem to be stopping them from ...
MOST GARDENERS DETEST slugs and snails. It’s hard to like slimy creatures that damage edible plants and prized ornamentals. There’s a reason these mollusks are so destructive. Slugs and snails ...
Common garden snails were brought to California in the 1850s as a source of escargot. Whoever introduced them should have immediately been sent into exile. They quickly (for snails anyway) escaped to ...
We live in Montrose and the last couple of years we've had snails in our yard, the big, hard back, round kind. They have really become prolific this year. It is shady and they seem to like the more ...
A few weeks ago, I published Kathy Ingraham’s testimonial regarding the disappearance of the common European brown snail from her garden. I asked readers of this column if something similar had ...
I was working on a column when my husband Ralph asked me to come take a picture of a huge snail in the garden. Garden snails are my husband’s nemesis. Some men take aim at deer or wild hogs, but my ...
A few weeks ago, I published Kathy Ingraham’s testimonial regarding the disappearance of the common European brown snail from her garden. I asked readers of this column if something similar had ...