Q. Help. I planted my winter garden and now the snails are eating my newly planted cabbage and pak choi plants. I have tried baits and beer traps but that does not seem to be stopping them from ...

Has your garden been talking to you? I know that if it isn’t Catharine, mom or a friend, then it must be my garden, reminding me there is work to be done. I ...

Snails and slugs thrive when the weather is rainy and beds are regularly irrigated. (Patrick Pleul/AP) Since spring, frequent rains have been keeping things on the soggy side and causing a myriad of ...

In my garden, I’m the hero. I raised those plant babies—I fed and watered them, encouraged them with daily affirmations, and then mark their progress each day in the garden with little “thank you’s” ...

Q: Decades ago, when I was living on Orcas Island, I had a large home garden, over an acre, and kind of welcomed the big fat banana slugs. Early morning patrols with a couple of pieces of sharpened ...

We are really excited about a new development in the control of these disgusting and destructive pests. Not all gardeners have slugs, but most do, including both of us. The old standard slug bait was ...