Last week I set out a beer trap for the slugs which have been munching down my sorrel. I was not able to trap any slugs into the beer traps, however I caught numerous crickets each night in my beer filled yogurt container. Frustrated, I turned to more inhumane means of ridding myself of slugs. At the sight of two particularly large slugs on the side of our house, I ran for the salt (not sure why I felt the need to run, I don't think the slugs were going to run off on me). It was cruel, but I took pleasure in tossing the salt onto the invasive and destructive creatures. Two nights later, all my parsley has been eaten down to the stems. My money is on the slug community. I think they are exacting revenge.
Heidi