How to Build a Simple "Toad Abode" to Keep Natural Pest Controllers in Your Garden

Pexels Most gardeners reach for a spray bottle the moment they spot aphids or slugs. It’s instinctive. What’s less ...
Yahoo

Want Fewer Slugs This Summer? Adding a Simple Toad Abode Can Protect Your Flower Beds and Boost Your Soil Health for Free

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The Washington Post

Toads are the garden’s heroes. Here’s how to help them thrive.

Last year, Cynthia Berger tried for an autumn spinach harvest in her Pennsville, Pa. garden. The pests got there first. “It was slug city,” says Berger. The slimy, shell-less mollusks turned the ...

Monty Don's expert way of keeping slugs and snails out of your garden

Slugs and snails can cause havoc in the garden, eating plants and crops, but Monty Don has shared a variety of natural, chemical-free ways to deter them and protect your plants ...
AOL

From Ducks to Fireflies – 15 Surprisingly Helpful Animals That Eat Slugs

Toad diets are heavy on slugs, snails, beetles, and other invertebrates that wander within tongue range. Some wildlife guides describe them eating surprisingly large slugs relative to their own size.