Somerset pumpkin harvest hit by 'extortionate' slug numbers

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Somerset pumpkin harvest hit by 'extortionate' slug numbers
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The National Trust's Barrington Court says the weather has created a large number of slugs.

The senior gardener at a National Trust property in Somerset says it is "heartbreaking" this year's pumpkin harvest has been "decimated" by slugs.

Senior gardener Jemma Marsh said: "By not having the frost and the cold weather last winter the slugs have managed to survive and carry on breeding." Jemma Marsh said: "We still do have a trail planned for the October half term and we will be utilising what we have in the farm buildings."Ms Marsh says they are already planning to do things differently next year to tackle the problem with slugs.

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