Before You Buy Slug Killer Slugs and snails can damage flowers, vegetables, and other plants that are growing in the garden, so it’s important to kill slugs when they appear instead of waiting until ...

Prowling for snails and slugsWhen one considers the sheer quantity, by volume, of slug and snail bait sold to gardeners around the world, the fact that these gastropods continue to live - dare I say ...

Slugs and snails are mollusks and are related to oysters and clams. Snails are the ones with shells and slugs are the ones without shells. These tiny animals eat using their rasping mouthpart called ...

Slugs and snails are ravenous plant eaters that leave behind slimy trails of destruction as they glide through nurseries and lawns, farm fields and gardens. Remedies abound, but prevention is an ...

Snails and slugs are common in our Florida landscapes. But their control requires an understanding of their habits. Snails and slugs are similar as far as their habits and habitats are concerned. But ...

August is the time to get rid of snails and slugs, like this Great Gray Garden Slug. Andreas Häuslbetz Getty Images/iStockphoto The third week of August is when you may be getting tired of your garden ...

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 ...

Nothing beats a warm spring rain to bring on the slime patrol. When it comes to slugs and snails in the garden, and boy do we have a ton of them on the North Coast, a good approach is to think of ...

Are there safe ways to control pests on my vegetables? I’m especially concerned about worms on my broccoli and leaf miners in my lettuce. Something is also chewing holes in the leaves of my petunias ...

This is your reminder not to be an April Fool and plant warm-season vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, basil or squash. In your container gardens do not yet plant coleus, begonias or impatiens. If ...