Biological Pest Control - using biological pest control as a method of controlling the most common - and destructive - garden pests such as slugs, aphids, whitefly, vine weevil and lawn-wrecking leatherjackets and chafer grubs - is rapidly gaining in popularity as gardeners wake up to just how an effective and natural soulution it is. Using naturally occuring nematodes, ladybirds and other predators allows you to give nature a helpling hand, and by introducing beneficial insect habitats you can encourage these little pest-munching friends to stick around.

Not only is this a proven method of pest control - nature is rarely wrong - but it's quick, clean, very easy and poses absoloutely no danger to children, pets or the environment; so make this year the time to enlist the help of hundreds of mini-marvels! To help you along the way, we've provided detailed information on when to apply the treatments and the habits of the pest you're attempting to wave goodbye to - just click on the products below to find out even more, and don't forget to view our very useful Nematode Application Chart.

Slug Traps and Barriers - the slug has been at the top of the RHS list of Garden Pests for the last two years, cementing it's reputation as the most hated garden pest- and whatever you grow, be it flowers, fruit or vegetables, you'll have no doubt experienced at first hand the damage these slimy plant-munching molluscs can cause. Given the slug's widespread unpopularity, it's hardly a suprise that we've undercovered and tested a comprehensive range of products to enable you to choose the best method to reduce your garden slug count - from traps, capable of catching in excess of a hundred slugs per night; decorative copper rings; special slug tape; shocka mats; gel and granules to the innovative slug barrier system, there should be something here to keep those numbers down.

And there's one important thing to remember; all the various products designed to catch, kill or prevent slugs from destroying your garden are all organic. There's absolutely no threat to children or pets, birds and hedgehogs which feed on the slugs will not be harmed and no nasty chemicals will be introduced to the food chain.

Humane Pest Control Traps - not all pests in the garden are small and the bigger they are, the more damage they tend to cause to grow your own vegetables, fruit bushes and carefully maintained decorative borders; and using humane, live-catch traps is the most efficient way to regain control of your plot and protect your vegetables and plants. Mice, rats, rabbits and squirrels certainly won't appreciate these simple to set and operate, heavy-duty galvanised welded mesh traps - complete with full operating instructions.

Beneficial Habitats - we all need a hand in the garden, vegetable patch or allotment sometimes and although toads, frogs, ladybirds, lacewings, bumblebees and butterflies might not be your immediate choice of assistant, all will gladly clean up the pests which can plague your fruit, vegetables and ornamentals. However, these most welcome friends of the gardener insist on a reciprocal agreement - they'll hunt down and eat all the pests you don't want, just as long as you provide them with a roof over their heads. And that's just where we can help!

Investing in a suitable house for the list of guests above will reap dividends in the long run. There'll be less forking out on sprays, traps and other pest control products and no more creeping round the garden after dark on a slug hunt, as your pest-guzzling friends, grateful for their des-res, will do the dirty work for you. Not only have we attractive frog and toad houses, natural-looking insect habitats for ladybirds, lacewings, bees and butterflies but educational and illuminating (literally!) solar-powered insect theatres, giving you an insight into the nocturnal insect world. And when you consider all this is totally, 100%, cast-iron Mother Nature approved, you'll wonder why you didn't give these creatures a home earlier!

Insect Traps, Barriers and Sprays - trapping problem garden insect pests on the wing and preventing them from damaging your valuable fruit, vegetables and decorative plants is something every gardener wants to do and this early interception benefits both the garden and greenhouse. In this case, prevention is the best form of cure and the introduction of these various insect-attracting traps should certainly free the garden of these aerial invaders. As well as traps, we've got physical barriers for you to try out - including fitted insect mesh covers, glue bands, barrier grease, strawberry mulch mats and cabbage collars - and sprays, made from naturally derived plant oils.

Wasps, which although don't cause a great deal of damage but are particularly irritating later in the summer, are targeted too and we certainly haven't forgotten the under-attack fruit grower; codling and plum moth monitors will give a good indication of when this pest is prevalent and the afore-mentioned glue bands have protected many a fruit tree in their time.

Pest Repellers and Deterrents - some larger garden pests just need moving on from the vegetable patch ar shepherding away from your decorative borders rather than catching or trapping - and that's where the pest repelling and deterring devices we've sourced come in very useful indeed. Are they easy to use? The ultrasonic pest-stop simply plugs into the mains and will clear the greenhouse - or even the house - of pests both large and small; once you've set up the ultrasonic repellers you only need to remember to change the batteries; and the mole repeller and cat rods just need pushing into the ground!

And with mole smokes, tree guards and the Grazers rabbit repair kit to give your plants a growth boost, toughen them up and keep young munchable shoots out of rabbits' reach, your garden will never have looked so good - all without a chemical in sight!