Aside from the usual slugs and snails that invade coastal gardens during the drippy fog days of summer, there are a host of other summer critters that love to feed on vegetables and flowers. Some are ...

Summer has finally arrived and so have the pests. Slugs and snails have been rampant since the late rains. And then there are other critters that love to gnaw on summer vegetable crops. Green beans, ...

Dear Helen: Is it true that parsley planted with carrots will repel the rust fly from the carrots? A friend claims that planting parsley seedlings one metre apart in a carrot row has kept the flies ...