Desperate to tackle that slug problem in your garden but don't want to use pesticides? A scattering of broken terracotta pots can protect your precious plants.

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

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, ...

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!

There's a simple way to prevent slugs from coming into your garden, according to an expert. It involves growing a plant the creatures don't like. Slugs and snails become a common sight during autumn ...

Almost everyone who has a garden knows what a nuisance slugs can be. They are also one of the most destructive crop pests in ...

A Red Slug, Arion rufus, climbing over a Cleavers or Goosegrass plant growing in the wild. - Sandra Standbridge/Getty Images You may have noticed those slimy slugs wreaking havoc in your garden. After ...

An expert has explained how slugs and snails may seem like 'greedy little leaf-chompers' but there are certain plants they’ll 'turn their noses up at' ...