Snails and slugs

hi Pennypollyr the most humane way is to inbed little trays of beer or ale in the ground they are quite attracted to it i have been doing this for along time and it works hope it works for u to

Hi,

I am a firm believer in the use of a large pair of scissors and slug pellets. I recently returned to Spain and was stopped by some very large security men when my tescos carrier bag set off alarms, buzzers and lights on the conveyor belt. I was surrounded by about 10 seccurity staff. They upturned my bag as they thought I was taking some liquid through only to find a bottle shaped container containing slug pellets. They all laughed out loud when they realized I was not a smuggler. So yes give me slug pellets every time.

I too hate the thought of killing them and worry about birds being hurt by slug pellets, so i gather mine up and take them for a walk over the fields and woods hopefully they will provide food for the birds and creatures there.

I put a pinch of salt on each of the blighters - this kills them by drying them out and is very satisfying :-)

;) Andrew, I was doing that too but it a bit disgusting so now I just put them in a pot with a lid and then dispose it so I do not see anythigng.

You could try what Hugh F-W did recently and cook them!!! Yuk.

Went out tonight to check on beer trap which I put out last night.....its gone! the whole thing is gone. Admitedly I didn't sink it right into the ground so I can only asumed the foxes are away with it!