Colin Campbell-Preston, a gardening expert from Capital Gardens, suggests a more natural approach - growing certain plants that slugs "absolutely hate". He said: "Why not introduce plants which ...

Gardening experts are warning that the UK’s plants are about to come under seige from an army of slugs and snails. When ...

Chances are, it’s the work of slugs. "Slugs are soft-bodied animals that live in moist areas and feed on many different types of edible and ornamental plants," says Rafia Khan, PhD, assistant ...

Despite being slow and slimy, slugs and snails have an incredible appetite and need to constantly consume in order to survive. This means that your garden is a veritable smorgasbord of plants ...

However, experts have warned that this means you have to be careful that they don’t get munched away by slugs. Slugs are omnivorous and love to nibble away at all sorts of highly unpleasant ...

You’ll also see different species on a woodland walk compared to a stroll across a chalk downland. ‘I’m always amazed that people hate slugs so much. I don’t know what a shell does to a snail to make ...

Nothing is worse than going out to water your plants only to see chunks out of the leaves, and the main culprit tends to be hungry slugs. Slugs can be a problem in February as the wet weather is ...

While snails and slugs primarily feed at night ... they’re all eaten - and one tip involves a vegetable which they hate - and will keep them away - and is dead cheap at around 65p for two.