PROTECTING your garden against pests doesn’t have to involve chemicals. Not only can you use beautiful plants to give your ...

Slugs are nocturnal and feed mostly at night, making them hard to spot during the day. To monitor populations, place a ...

Once another slug appears, their mating dance involves circling around each other, sometimes lunging and nipping. And in ...

They’re slithery, slimy and they love to make a smorgasbord of your crops. The drab and inconspicuous slug continues to increase its rank of pests you should scout for and monitor in your corn and ...

Slugs can be a nuisance in the garden, but natural substances like eggshells can deter them. We asked experts for tips on ...

They may not turn into Prince Charming, but a toad can wipe out 10,000 pests in a season. Here’s why your yard needs a toad ...

Alias: Slug. It is hard to define what a slug is, because there are so many species in the world. Most people have come to call anything in the gastropod family that doesn’t have a shell a slug. I ...

Slugs and snails can be a mixed blessing in your garden. Slugs are almost exclusively a nuisance, while snails can have some benefits. Generally speaking, however, the drawbacks of each outweigh the ...

Warm spring temperatures can bring insects that like to feed on tender buds and leaves of hydrangeas. Learn how to identify ...