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of getting rid of slugs which didn't work so I'm back to getting rid of them as they are attacking my primrose leaves as well now.  Berries have all been taken off my cotoneaster but the birds have only just started on my pyracanthea ..  appologies

have been growing crops organically in my garden for 47 years and do not get the pest troubles other gardenrs have who spray chemoicals about because the garden is in equilibrium.  Frogs, hegdehogs and birds keep down the slugs and snails; ladybirds eat

potatoes end of May.  Grow lots of salad stuff - some to feed the slugs to keep them off your ther crops.  Sow broad beans now in pots on your balcony and when they are past being palatable to slugs and snails (four or six true leaves) plant them out

the beans in the loo rolls, the roots will find their way out of the bottom, so you don't need to disturb the roots at all. Also, I find that by putting a bit of self-adhesive copper tape around the top of the loo roll, you will keep the slugs and snails

come in the house.  I hate them almost as much as I hate slugs.  The black ones are a nuisance and the red ones are worse.  I remember once seeing a blackbird sitting on my garden path picking up ants with its beak and dropping them on its wings.  He

I also find it amusing when TV gardeners recommend we should use plants which slugs and snails dislike, such as hairy prickly plants and strongly flavoured herbs. They have eaten all my echinacea, in fact they love the flavour and it is the first

to high heaven so brew in a bin or bucket with a lid!!My brassicas got eaten by slugs so it didn't deter them but I saw no cabbage whites anywhere nearby (might've been the smell :D). Just had my (new to me) allotment rotorvated to a depth of 8-10 inches

.Paula - the time tubers can be stored depends upon how warm the store will be, together with other factors. You must make sure that the pots for store are undamaged eg by slugs or your fork. Ideal conditions are to store in the dark at 4 degrees C and with low

. What a good excuse not to tidy the shed.They love the chives, lavender and the californian poppies. Despite having used nematodes and copper tape the slugs and snails are still having a feast!

himself beside the pond - there are now no frogs to eat the slugs and we have not seen the grass snake again either! We found a beautiful 20" long grass snake this week caught in a piece of plastic netting which was over our strawberries. A neighbour