The kitchen rubbish you need to bury in the garden to stop snails and slugs destroying your plants

EVEN the most green-fingered people can struggle with garden pests, with slugs and snails often destroying flowerbeds.

If you want these creepy crawlies gone without using harsh chemicals, you might want to use a household leftover instead.

As Spring is finally here, many of us are looking forward to getting into the garden.

Keeping your outdoor space in full bloom can be tricky though, with insects attacking your favourite plants and shrubs.

If that wasn’t bad enough, the price of many gardening essentials like fertilizers is also going up and up – meaning it costs even more to give your garden a glow up.

There is a surprisingly easy way to tackle these issues though, just by using leftover teabags (yes, you read that right).

While it might sound like an old wives’ tale, food storage expert Sarah Lawson told The Mirror that this works because of the tannic acid and nutrients in teabags.

When these are buried in your garden, these leach out into the soil and help to boost your plants’ growing power.

She told the outlet: “Bury them just beneath the soil’s surface to help retain moisture, reduce fungal infections, and provide a nutrient boost to your plants.”

Even better, this simple hack can help to keep common pests away including slugs and snails without harsh chemicals.

The smell of cheap teabags can also deter foxes and cats when hidden around your garden.

If you are tempted to try out this hack, Poundland are selling 100 Typhoo teabags for just £1 currently.

For those that haven’t done the maths, this means you can enjoy a cuppa and get your garden looking lovely for 1p per bag.

This isn’t the only pest prevention hack that has caught our attention though.

In fact, one green-fingered woman has revealed how she uses old milk cartons to protect her seedlings from slugs and snails.   

Sharing the tip on the Gardening Hints and Tips Facebook group, she explained that she would cut the top and bottom off of the cartons before placing them around her plants.

She told the group: “Try putting plastic milk cartons with the top and bottom cut off over the plant.

“This will stop slugs and snails because they have no scent trail to follow.

“It works for me every time.

“You can even use them with the bottom still on to protect young plants from heavy rain or cold nights.”

With most milk cartons ending up in the recycling or going to landfill, this is a great way to use up an unwanted item in your home.

If you still weren’t sold, you can pick up milk for as little as £1.20 meaning you won’t have to spend a lot to get your garden in full bloom this spring.

With all these tried and tested gardening hacks, there is no reason for pests to invade your garden either.