With all the activity related to gardening, you would think that my adventures would bring slugs into life frequently. Not so. They love dark, moist places − especially in the day time. Or shade and ...

At four to five inches, the leopard slug is the largest type on the island. (Photo by Clay Wollney) (Clay Wollney) The most common terrestrial gastropods found in our woodlands, fields and gardens are ...

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. Shortly after passing into Looking-glass House via the mirror above the fireplace, Alice found herself ...

It was overcast and threatening rain the morning I wrote this column. The air in the valley was hazy, meaning to contain dust, dirt or other dry particulates. But it had rained the previous night, so ...

As the colder months draw near, gardeners are being urged to go easy on a particular slug species that's common in UK gardens. While slugs and snails are often a year-round nuisance for many ...

My least favorite garden pest of all time has to be the slug. There is nothing worse than reaching down to pull a weed and grabbing the body of a slimy, sticky, and slippery slug. Before taking off to ...

Gardeners are being warned not to kill one type of slug which is common in British gardens over the winter. While most gardeners battle the pesky plant chewers all year round, in wet and rainy autumn ...