Snails and slugs can be bothersome pests when it comes to your garden. After sowing new plants and flowers, the last thing you want to see is the slimy critters chomping on their leaves. Getting rid ...

Slugs are the bane of my life in the garden. Eating hostas, chewing on fern leaves and feasting on my pole beans. They are persistent pests. And when the weather is wet they would cheer if they could, ...

Are you sick of slugs and snails causing damage, munching their way through leaves and tender plants in your garden? Well, it may sound gross, but hand-picking snails and slugs is one sure-fire way to ...

Q: My fellow gardeners encouraged me to contact North Dakota State University Extension with my hosta issue. The hostas are planted in a shady area, are three years old, and have been happy until this ...

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 ...

If ants seem to be attracted to one of your plants in particular, using cinnamon sticks, essential oils or even just a circle ...

For as long as I have been gardening, there has been a tip I have come across at least once a week: the idea that a ring of crushed eggshells placed around plants is an effective, natural barrier to ...

If your plants are being chewed up by slimy visitors, can eggshells keep them away, or is this hack a myth? Get the facts ...