A – Z Index

A

• April, things to do
• August, things to do

B

• Bad slugs
• Bait, slug  (See also:  Pellets)
• Banishing slugs from your garden
• Barriers
  • made from a plastic bottle
  • rough, scratchy and abrasive
    • cinders and ash
    • diatomaceous earth
    • egg shells
    • grit and gravel
    • hair
    • mulch, bark
    • nut shells
    • pine needles
    • sand, sharp
    • sandpaper ring
    • sawdust
    • steel wool matting
    • thorny prunings
• Beer trap
  • beer substitute
  • made from a plastic bottle
  • which beer works best
• Black Slug  (Arion ater)
• Book recommendations
  • gardening
  • gardening, more
  • gardening for beginners
  • gardening year – what to do, when to do it
  • Green Essentials ‘Organic Guides’ series
  • slugs
  • snails
• Brick, slug hiding place

C

• Carpet, slug hiding place or trap
• Cinders & ash barrier
• Climate change
• Collecting slugs & snails by hand

D

• December, things to do
• Diatomaceous earth
  • diatoms
  • other interesting uses
  • slug barrier
• Disposing of slugs

E

• Eggs, slug
• Egg shell barrier

F

• Fascinating slug facts
• February, things to do
• Field Slug  (Derocereas reticulatum)
• Flowerpot, slug hiding place

G

• Garden Slug  (Arion hortensis)
• Gardening books  (See:  Book recommendations)
• Gastropod
• Grapefruit skin, slug trap
• Grit & gravel barrier

H

• Hair & fur barrier
• Hand collecting slugs & snails
• Hazards of using slug pellets
• Hermaphrodite
• Hiding places, where to look for slugs
  • carpet or sacking
  • flowerpots and plant trays
  • grapefruit skin
  • newspaper
  • polythene bag
  • stone or bricks
  • wooden board or plank
• Home Page

I

• Information Centre

J

• January, things to do
• July, things to do
• Jun, things to do

K

• Keel Slug  (Tandonia budapestensis)
• Killing slugs
  • beer trap
  • non-toxic methods
  • oatmeal
  • pellets  (Metaldehyde)
  • salt

M

• March, things to do
• May, things to do
• Metaldehyde  (See also:  Pellets)
  • pads
  • spray
  • tape
• Meta tablets
• Methiocarb
• Methods of slug control
  • killing  (See also:  Killing slugs)
  • barriers  (See also:  Barriers)
• Milk & the hedgehog
• Mini cloche, made from a plastic bottle
• Mollusc
• Month by month guide to banishing slugs
• Mucus  (Slime)
• Mulch
  • bark
  • pine needles
• Muscular foot

N

• Newspaper or magazine, slug hiding place or trap
• November, things to do
• Nut shell barrier, crushed

O

• Oatmeal
• October, things to do
• Osmosis, why slugs and salt don’t mix

P

• Pellets
  • effective use of
  • hazards to children & wildlife
  • how to use correctly
  • metaldehyde
  • methiocarb
• Pine needle barrier, mulch
• Plastic bottle
  • beer trap
  • funnel
  • mini cloche
  • slug barrier
• Plank, as a slug trap between plant rows
• Protective plant sleeve
• Pub, slug  (See:  Beer trap)

R

• Red Slug  (Arion rufus)
• Refuge  (See:  Hiding places)
• Rough scratchy abrasive surfaces

S

• Salt
  • why it kills slugs
  • why it’s bad for plants
• Sandpaper ring, barrier
• Sand (sharp) barrier
• Sawdust barrier
• September, things to do
• Sharp stick
• Shelters  (See:  Hiding places)
• Site Map
• Slime
• Slug
  • bait  (See also:  Pellets)
  • banishing from your garden
  • barriers  (See:  Barriers)
  • books
  • dealing with
  • disposal
  • eggs
  • fascinating facts
  • how it moves
  • hunting
  • pellets  (See:  Pellets)
  • pub  (See:  Beer trap)
  • reproduction
  • rough surfaces
  • tolerance
  • why so many
• Slug year, monthly guide to banishing slugs
• Snail
  • books
• Species of slug
  • black slug  (Arion ater)
  • field slug  (Derocereas reticulatum)
  • garden slug  (Arion hortensis)
  • keel slug  (Tandonia budapestensis)
  • red slug  (Arion rufus)
• Steel wool matting
• Stone or brick, slug hiding place or trap

T

• Thorny prunings, barrier
• Traps
  • beer
  • hiding places used as traps
  • plastic bottle

W

• Wooden board or plank, slug hiding place or trap