A garden under attack doesn’t need chemicals—it needs strategy. Snails may look slow and harmless, but they can turn lush ...

As spring arrives, bringing longer days and more sunshine, it also signals the return of snails — a potential threat to your garden. Gardeners need to be especially vigilant in protecting their spring ...

— Recommendations are independently chosen by our editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us and our publishing partners a commission. “The outdoor garden pests I encounter the most ...

Snails and slugs are different species, but they both can destroy flowers and vegetables seemingly overnight. Look for silvery mucous trails to confirm their presence or plant damage like irregular ...

Q: The winter rains have brought out the snails again. They’ve started chewing up my bedding plants again, and I’ve tried for years but have never been able to get rid of the snails. A neighbor told ...

Q. The recent rains have brought out the snails again. They’ve started chewing up my clivia plants and I’ve never been able to get rid of the snails. A friend told me that there is a good kind of ...

First, a bit of anatomy. Slugs are essentially snails without the shells. Different species trouble farmers and gardeners in different parts of the country, but they are all closely related and, from ...

For a couple of years, I've been battling little brown round snails that are eating holes in plant leaves and leaving rasp scrapings on stems. Now there is a new conical-shaped snail in my potted ...

Q: The winter rains have brought out the snails again. They’ve started chewing up my bedding plants again, and I’ve tried for years but have never been able to get rid of the snails. A neighbor told ...