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Weird and wonderful ways to naturally control garden snails and slugs

Excellent ideas on how to control an over population of garden snails. Important information to have as you really don't want to spend your time and money preparing a garden only to wake up and find it all eaten.

In the case of my Raised Garden Bed - No Dig Garden I knew I would have a problem with these little critters. There were small shrubs nearby and it had also been raining, I had seen the tell tale signs of snail trails heading for the new garden. Combine that with a few dozen seedlings and it was the chance for a feast.

There was no way I wanted to use any commercially prepared bait as I had the pets and local birds etc to consider. These natural organic gardening techniques have been around for many years.

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NATURAL AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS

They just can't resist BEER

Pest SALT Trap - a classic

Human or Animal HAIR

Crushed EGGSHELLS

BIRD NETTING is a great idea also

Let them eat PORRIDGE / OATS

Give them a shock with COPPER WIRE

Are you tough enough to CRUSH THEM?

Hey! Don't throw out that COFFEE

Learn more about THEIR LIFE CYCLE here

An amusing story called The Great Snail Hunt

An inspiring life lesson from these little critters

Still have a problem? Ever considered getting a duck?

ducks are a natural way to get rid of snails

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What Other Visitors Have Said

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Love your page on all these great and safe ways to get rid of the snails. My sister uses this method and is very happy with it.

She gets ...

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Snails absolutely adore Artichokes

Plant one or two artichoke plants. You then see the snails and slugs all migrate towards them.

You can pick ...

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I worked for a couple who had a horrendous snail outbreak.

The wife went to the pet store, and purchased 5 tortoises. In 2 weeks, snail problem solved....

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