Slugs & Snails
It's turning into a bad year for slugs and snails. We had a mild winter, so more survived and after the wonderful sunny spring the summer is proving to be damp. Slugs love damp weather.
The other night I popped outside after dark to check the shed in case the cat was trapped. She was asleep in a corner but the point is there were 17 snails on the patio! The grass was like a horror film, a monstrous mollusc army heading for crops.
Now there's all sorts of ways suggested to control slugs. Some just don't work that well like copper tape, crushed eggshells, grits etc. Some are very time consuming not to say unpleasant, like beer traps and manually hunting them. Metaldehyde pellets are effective but due to environmental concerns they're on their way out. So, my suggestions below.
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