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, ...

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 ...

Experts have explained a simple, cheap and natural way to stop slugs in their tracks using a kitchen ingredient that costs ...

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 ...

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

If you notice your plants are being devoured, it's likely by one of these common garden creatures. Tammi Mild / Getty Images While there are plenty of beneficial insects and cute mammals in your yard, ...

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 ...

You just planted a tidy row of tiny broccoli in your garden. But when you head outside the next morning, you discover the foliage is full of weirdly-shaped holes—and some of the seedlings are gone!

Active at night, these beneficial insects have big appetites, with both the adults and their larvae eating pesky slugs that ...

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 ...