Slugs are a menace. A yucky, yucky, yucky menace. There is some redeeming cuteness in that little shell house that snails carry about. But slugs? Zero cuteness, 100% trouble.
They have destroyed my spinach...
...devoured my parsley...
...dined on my cabbages and lettuces...
...dotted my potatoes...
and ravaged my radishes
And they are ugly, slimey, and give me the heebie-jeebies.
(no photo of slugs due to said heebie-jeebie-ness)
Now, my preferred solution would be a family of toads moving in. We even have a little (overgrown) pond like place that they might like to live. Not that they are like cutesy-wutsy little bunny-wunnies or anything, but relative to slugs, they could be called adorable. I can handle toads and frogs.
Trouble being, we have snakes. They eat toads and frogs.
This is from last year, pre-garden. Our first snake encounter in the new house, in the front flower bed of all places! But, they're still around. This is a garter, but just this week the 3.5 year old found a black one amongst the carrots he was examining!
Sigh.
How do I get rid of the snakes...so I can have toads...so they can help get rid of the slugs?
Mind boggling. Alas, for now, we're going to try cheap beer for baiting and drowning (the slugs). Didn't make it to the liquor store in time yesterday, but tonight's the night!
I'll keep you posted. Meanwhile, any advice or resources on manipulating the habitat in your garden to be pro-toad or in any other way anti-slug would be appreciated!
P.S. I apologize for the blurry photos. I think something was on the lense. However, done is better than perfect at this point in my life!
