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Due to the wet weather of the past week, I haven't been out in the garden much. The snails, however, have been very active; I can barely walk to the front gate without the familiar sound of snails crunching underfoot. Most of the plants we grow

I hate snails with a passion beyond compare.   After moving in somewhere and spending a lot on plants and looking forward to having a garden, they ate just about everything.    I then went in the huff with the garden, don't ask, for a few years.   I

of the dahlia is a copper ring which, designed to deflect slugs and snails. The copper creates a sort of electrical frisson which makes the gastropods shy away and head for the hills.Imagine my distress this morning when I discover my dahlia de-nuded of most

This has been the year for slugs and snails and I've really lost my cool with them. I might try to be a live-and-let-live gardener but I'VE HAD ENOUGH!!Kay blogged about my traps and I have to say that it is now the more the merrier - and wow, am I

Snails, like slugs, cause a great deal of damage to plants. They feed mostly at night, seeking shelter during the day from the drying effects of the sun. However, the snail's shell allows it to move more freely than a slug over dry areas

Ive a big problem with snails in my garden.  I went out last night armed with torch and salt but there were hundreds! -I hate killing anything but my garden is being destroyed.   Please help As they say - you can't have everything. Beer traps mean

I have never seen so many snails in my garden ,I am collecting at least 20 a day,is there any good ideas out there for getting rid of them. I dont like using Slug pellets so hope someone has a better way of controlling them. You need to encourage

and snails are attacking my fruit, but are investing the most energy in munching my overwintering brassicas and winter lettuce.We even found a slug sliming its way across the kitchen floor, having stowed away in some apples we had brought inside to put

if i have a organic remedy to keep snails away would i be able to sell it

I've read recently that ramshorn snails are great for ponds in that they eat algae (I'm hoping they like blanketweed).  Has anyone out there had any experience of these - good or bad - please?