For a couple of years, I've been battling little brown round snails that are eating holes in plant leaves and leaving rasp scrapings on stems. Now there is a new conical-shaped snail in my potted ...

Snails and slugs thrive when the weather is rainy and beds are regularly irrigated. (Patrick Pleul/AP) Since spring, frequent rains have been keeping things on the soggy side and causing a myriad of ...

Hand-picking, barriers, traps and organic bait are all preferable to poisoning these garden pests. Q: What are the best methods for organic control of slugs and snails? A: Damage to vegetables and ...

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the European brown garden snail and the damage it does to our plants. I received some noteworthy emails in response. “I was born and grew up in Southern California,” ...

Slugs and snails are mollusks and are related to oysters and clams. Snails are the ones with shells and slugs are the ones without shells. These tiny animals eat using their rasping mouthpart called ...

As the UK heads into autumn, gardeners are being urged to take action to protect their plants from an expected surge in slugs ...

Problems with slugs and snails are beginning to appear throughout Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes. Both of these mollusk family pests are most active during moist or wet weather. Controlling them ...

It’s fun to watch the monarch butterflies sip nectar and lay eggs on the Asclepias (butterfly weed). It’s fun to watch the caterpillars turn into butterflies. It’s not fun watching the many looper ...