I never would have imagined how many people would reply when I asked for ideas on controlling slugs. It was, by far, the biggest response I've gotten in 15 years of writing about gardening. So much, ...

SLIMY, determined and very unforgiving . . . slugs are a gardener’s greatest foe. There are 44 species in the UK, with roughly 50 to 100 hiding per square metre of soil in your outside space. Dr ...

Relief at the first sight of spring can quickly give way to annoyance at the amount of work that needs to be done in the garden (though luckily, this month should see you strike mowing, at least, off ...

In some parts of the UK, thunderstorms are now expected (a welcome change for those fearful of a bone-dry lawn, but bad news for sunbathers). But killing our slimy foes isn’t the answer. They’re a ...

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