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What to do about Slugs!

Slugs by Simon Sherlock

We're having perfect weather for the garden at the moment; warm and sunny days with rain showers throughout the day or (if you live in Cheshire at least) the evening, which makes it as close to perfect as you can get if you ask me - perfect growing weather for keeping your grass nice and green, your flowers flowering and your vegetables abundant.

Unfortunately, that means it is also the perfect weather for slugs and snails, undoubtedly one of the most hated of garden pests (at least in my garden). Gardeners are constantly being frustrated in their efforts by these munching monsters who can decimate young plants over night and, no matter what your favourite flower or vegetable, I can pretty much guarantee that the slugs/snails in your garden prefer that plant over all others.

So what to do? Slug pellets work well but they cause havoc in your garden, being both unattractive and poisonous, as well as needing to be constantly reapplied after rain (so quite often here in the UK). And for those of us who use our gardens as a means of attracting and helping the wild life slug pellets are just too much to bear.

So what can we do?

- We could send ourselves mad going out after dark with a torch and a trowel to dispatch as many of these pests as we can find, only to find that the ones we miss somehow know to eat double their ration in retribution for you murdering their friends and family (and talking of friends and family they'll all think you've completely lost it if they spot you wandering around with a head torch and a trowel after dark);
- We can train our children to squish as many snails as they can find, only to find the driveway becomes ingrained in snail shells that get walked through the house making you extremely popular with your wife, not;
- We can grow decoy crops in the hope they'll eat those instead of the plants we want only to find the little blighters can also read your mind and know exactly which plant is your favourite and then decide to make it their favourite as well.

None of these things help in the long run and at this time of year you have enough jobs in the garden without getting yourself stressed and frustrated fighting such a losing battle.

So if, like me, you love your garden and also care for the wildlife there are other defences against slugs that don't stop working when it rains, don't make your garden look ugly and don't kill pets and visiting hedgehogs and frogs etc.

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