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 ...

Q. The recent rains have brought out the snails again. They’ve started chewing up my clivia plants and I’ve never been able to get rid of the snails. A friend told me that there is a good kind of ...

Q: My ice plant ground cover is full of snails, which damage other plants in my yard. I use snail bait, but it is expensive and has to be applied periodically. Is there something else I can do to ...

It’s snail and slug season. The slimy mollusks are most active when temperatures are mild and rain or irrigation provide ample moisture. They can be bad pests in a garden, but some are good and a few ...

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,” ...

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 ...