A drummer — that is an old word for a traveling salesman — called on Jamestown in October 1878 with an alternative to wire fences for area farmers to try.

Desperate to tackle that slug problem in your garden but don't want to use pesticides? A scattering of broken terracotta pots ...

Once the warmth of summer subsides, the nights draw in and lush vegetation dies back, things can get tough for our wildlife.