Out, Damn Slugs!

So how many slugs and snails do you suppose I caught in my three beer traps last night?

Not a one. What, Punk IPA not good enough?

They're really giving me trouble now, in the garden and on the allotment. Look what I found on a plot-visit a few days ago, with the culprit still lazing there under a leaf:

That's 8 to 10 less squash dinners for us - the plant was completely felled.

And today I found this pile of snail eggs while weeding the potatoes. I wonder how many more such piles are lurking that I haven't found...

So tonight after coming home from the pub, we searched the garden with a torch and harvested this little bounty:

I'm never quite sure quite what to do with them once I've got them rounded up like this. This lot met their end down a street drain round the corner from my house.

We really need to find a chance to do this at the allotment as well - although we'll need a bigger torch. And a bigger bucket!

And on the subject of pests, the asparagus beetles still haven't given up. At least these two died happy...