Mark McNee

Tag: Slugs

  • Controlling slugs and snails

    Controlling slugs and snails

    If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door. Ralph Waldo Emerson The battle between gardener and mollusc seems a perennial one and I have lost count…

  • Garden Myths: Number 5

    Slugs and snails can be kept off Hostas by raising them high up or setting them in gravel. Hostas are a versatile and attractive genus of garden plants; used and loved by gardeners. Unfortunately the large succulent leaves that make them so attractive are also irresistible to slugs and snails. This has led to an…