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The pests you really don’t want invading your garden and how to deter them

As responsible gardeners with positive attitudes to insects and biodiversity, it’s a bitter pill to swallow when vine weevil, carrot fly and aphids take hold – let alone the processionary moth caterpillar which can cause rashes and breathing ...

13 Jun 2023 at 08:30

Lifestyle

How to create a slug-resilient garden

If slugs have munched through your prize hostas and devastated your dahlias, don’t despair. There are ways you can live with slugs and create a more slug-resilient garden. So says lifelong gardener and ecologist, Jo Kirby, who has written ...

29 Oct 2024 at 08:24

Lifestyle

Why it’s been a bumper year for slugs, snails and other garden pests

A mild winter, wet spring and a very changeable summer have all gone some way to boosting slug and snail activity this year. The RHS has received three times more inquiries about slugs and snails up to June this year than it did last ...

23 Jul 2024 at 08:00

National News

Monaghan farmer plays matchmaker with ‘lonely hearts’ snails

A Co Monaghan snail farmer is attempting to help thousands of the little creatures on his farm find true love. Kieran Corley, who harvests snail slime for skincare products at his farm in Scotstown, has a system that gives the ...

26 Jul 2024 at 11:21

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