Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are numerous non-toxic, eco-friendly methods to control slugs and snails without harming beneficial insects, pets, or the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The British Invasion by the Beatles may not have been much of a problem to American gardens, but the French invasion by brown snails is. Since getting imported as escargot, they eat much more than ...

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the European brown garden snail and the damage it does to our plants. I received some noteworthy emails in response. “I was born and grew up in Southern California,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snails and slugs are common in our Florida landscapes. But their control requires an understanding of their habits. Snails and ...

Problems with slugs and snails are beginning to appear throughout Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes. Both of these mollusk family pests are most active during moist or wet weather. Controlling them ...