The warmer temperatures and drier weather that most of the country has experienced these last few days gives hope that spring has sprung and we may get a decent summer this year offering plenty of opportunities to get out in our gardens and enjoy colourfully planted flower beds and perhaps invite friends and family around to enjoy the great outdoors together.
This time of year is ideal for getting on top of organising your garden and despatching any unwanted visitors to your garden before they take hold. Slugs and snails will have been hibernating all winter and as the tasty young shoots of your prize feature plants and seedlings planted to grow vegetables and flowers will be dish of the day for the slimy intruders.
To safeguard your plants, it is good practice to keep your garden tidy as slugs and snails like to hide in areas that are seldom visited, lurking under moist bottoms of pots to sneak out while your back is turned and take a chunk out of your lettuce plants, or hiding away under leaves of weeds. Therefore it is also a good idea to keep paths and patios weed free to offer these irksome creatures as few hiding places as possible.