I'm a savvy gardener – here's my easy and unusual method to banish slugs, and it’s free too | The Sun

SPRING is the season when slugs and snails are most likely to infest your garden – leaving a slime trail of destruction.

They can lay up to a hundred eggs a month and can overwhelm your shrubbery before you realise there's an issue.

But keen gardeners are opting for friendlier methods to deter the slimy critters.

In Aberdeen, a hairdresser has revealed that even leftovers from her shop floor can help in the garden.

Jenn Linton, owner of Linton and Mac hair salon, says they recycle almost everything used on a day-to-day basis – including hair foils contaminated with colour.

And Jenn said even human hair cut off in appointments is now recycled, with some clients even take their clippings home as a slug drepellent or to add to compost for the garden.

Placing a protective barrier of hair around plants will deter slugs.

Instead of hoarding strands from your hairbrush, using your cut locks from hair appointments can be much more efficient.

Jenn hopes her salon's recycling drive will help encourage other people.

The 30-year-old told BBC News: "I've got a team of 30.

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"If all those people can tell two to five people a day that we recycle and how easy it actually is, it really spreads the word and makes it less daunting for people."

The salon charges a "green fee" of £2 to cover costs.

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