Urban gardener Kia Jade has shared her foolproof method for banishing garden-ruining slugs in a TikTok video. Kia suggests using inexpensive beer and shallow dishes sunk into the ground, where these ...

SLIMY, determined and very unforgiving . . . slugs are a gardener’s greatest foe. There are 44 species in the UK, with roughly 50 to 100 hiding per square metre of soil in your outside space. Dr ...

Slugs are a common menace for gardeners across the UK, especially during the damp and warm summer months. These hungry creatures can quickly ruin plants, flowers, and crops, leaving gardeners annoyed ...

Relief at the first sight of spring can quickly give way to annoyance at the amount of work that needs to be done in the garden (though luckily, this month should see you strike mowing, at least, off ...

In some parts of the UK, thunderstorms are now expected (a welcome change for those fearful of a bone-dry lawn, but bad news for sunbathers). But killing our slimy foes isn’t the answer. They’re a ...

Dr Hayley Jones, from the RHS, also reveals how you can seal the drainage holes of your pots to halt the slimy foes *All recommendations within this article are informed by expert editorial opinion.