Every spring, gardeners face the same frustrating enemy: slugs. These slimy pests can destroy an entire lettuce bed overnight. Yet, the popular beer trap method might actually be chemicals things ...

close up of a slug in vegetable garden - La Huertina De Toni/Shutterstock I'm a master gardener who specializes in organic growing and permaculture, so I've spent the past few decades testing all ...

Slugs and their slimy trails can be a real nuisance in the garden. They can cause significant damage to your vegetable plants and leave your garden beds unsightly. Some suggestions to deter garden ...

If you love drinking beer in your garden after a long day, you might be interested in knowing that slugs and snails do, too. Chowhound previously spoke to Sara Rubens, certified garden coach and ...

Snails and slugs are common pests in gardens. They belong to the mollusk family along with oysters, and they crawl along over a thin layer of slime that they produce to ease their way. Snails carry a ...

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 ...