Slugs

  • 3 non-harmful ways to deter pests from your garden

    3 non-harmful ways to deter pests from your garden

    Here are a handful of non-harmful, eco-friendly and sustainable ways of deterring pests Are you a keen gardener keeping a watchful eye on the wildlife that’s visiting your garden? Well, if so, you may be wondering how best to deter…

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  • Slug and snail controls on trial

    Slug and snail controls on trial

    The project, which will test six different strategies and is the first of its kind to be conducted under garden conditions. A year-long research project, designed to help gardeners combat slugs and snails more effectively, has been launched by the…

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  • ‘Super-sized sleepless slugs’ on the march

    ‘Super-sized sleepless slugs’ on the march

    Alarming media reports of a new generation of ‘sleepless’ slugs predict a 10% increase in slug populations this summer.  ‘Sleepless’, it turns out, doesn’t actually mean that the slugs are feeding 24/7, but that they didn’t hibernate. Last year’s wet…

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