I have frogs, and birds nesting all over and it does nothing to touch the mollusc situation. I think having log piles everywhere might well have made my situation much worse, though in a larger / rural garden things might even out.
At my last house I found the only way of dealing with slugs and snails was to go out at night with my head torch and pick them off the border plants. (Several hundred a night quite often !) I had previously tried just about everything else in the 32 years I was there but nothing worked as well as my eyes and hands ... and I kept the neighbours entertained 😁 I had toads and lots of thrush and blackbirds in the garden as well. our new place doesn’t have too much for them to attack atm and I am growing my veg in high raised planters which will help. I’m a fan of hostas, lupin and the like so will probably have to revert to entertaining my neighbours in due course ... fortunately i love to be outside 😁
We have Spanish slugs. There are no slug proof plants once they move in. But a torch and bucket DOES work and is worthwhile if you want to grow anything other than holly. Besides, it's peaceful out in the garden at night and my neighbours already know I'm mad....
I've had some success with water retaining crystals, sprinkled on the soil around tender plants. Only works for a while, but does give shoots time to grow.
I'm going to try clearing fallen leaves next year and removing more places to hide, just to see if it makes a difference. Charles Dowding is convinced that raised beds makes for homes for slugs and he says it's better to do without them.
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our new place doesn’t have too much for them to attack atm and I am growing my veg in high raised planters which will help. I’m a fan of hostas, lupin and the like so will probably have to revert to entertaining my neighbours in due course ... fortunately i love to be outside 😁
Slugs and Snails are here to stay.