Slugs are nocturnal and feed mostly at night, making them hard to spot during the day. To monitor populations, place a ...

They’re slithery, slimy and they love to make a smorgasbord of your crops. The drab and inconspicuous slug continues to increase its rank of pests you should scout for and monitor in your corn and ...

Alias: Slug. It is hard to define what a slug is, because there are so many species in the world. Most people have come to call anything in the gastropod family that doesn’t have a shell a slug. I ...

PROTECTING your garden against pests doesn’t have to involve chemicals. Not only can you use beautiful plants to give your ...

Use repellants and protective clothing to avoid tick bites that can spread Lyme disease. Natural strategies work best in combatting pests such as Colorado potato beetles, striped cucumber beetles, ...

Slugs and snails can be a mixed blessing in your garden. Slugs are almost exclusively a nuisance, while snails can have some benefits. Generally speaking, however, the drawbacks of each outweigh the ...

They may not turn into Prince Charming, but a toad can wipe out 10,000 pests in a season. Here’s why your yard needs a toad ...