Last year, Cynthia Berger tried for an autumn spinach harvest in her Pennsville, Pa. garden. The pests got there first. “It was slug city,” says Berger. The slimy, shell-less mollusks turned the ...

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Healthy, well-maintained gardens invite all kinds of wild guests. Some, like uninvited varmints, can do a lot of damage. Even beautiful, welcome birds can sometimes take a toll on fruits and other ...

Frogs and toads are some of the most charismatic wildlife in the garden. Their calls mark the arrival of spring, their presence indicates a healthy ecosystem, and their antics bring joy. However, many ...

Toads can eat 50 to 100 insects and other prey each night, or 10,000 in a growing season, including slugs, earwigs, Japanese beetles, cutworms, grasshoppers, sow bugs, snails, cucumber beetles, grubs ...