THEY'RE a total nuisance when it comes to plants. So it's little wonder that gardeners are constantly looking for different ideas and methods to keep slugs away from their green spaces. 2 Slugs can be a real nuisance when they get into gardens Credit: Getty 2 But people have found a clever, FREE way to keep them away - going to their local hairdresser to ask for hair cuttings Credit: Getty One person took to the Mrs Hinch Cleaning Tips group on Facebook to ask for advice, and was keen to be as humane as possible getting rid of the critters.
"Anyone know how to keep slugs out of your house and garden without hurting them please?" she wrote. And she was quickly inundated with different suggestions, with one standing out from the rest. "I’m a barber and lately I’ve had a few customers asking for bags of hair to put around the outside of poly tunnels and planters as slugs can’t get past it," one replied.
"Don’t know how practical this is for you but it certainly stops them!" "Thanks so much!" the poster replied. In fact, using hair to deter slugs is a method that's been around for years. In an article of Gardening Tips on the Peter Nyssen website , they wrote: "Make friends with your local barber and ask for the hair clippings! Most read in Fabulous 'WHAT A SHAMBLES' Travel chaos at Scots airport as queues 'snake outside the terminal' SCRANTASTIC! Pink surprises popular Glasgow restaurant with huge order after Hampden gig FINAL PUSH Jay Slater cops quiz NEW witnesses afte.
