Beginner Gardening: Any tips for keeping slugs at bay?, 1 by bonitin

bonitin wrote:
Just came upon this thread.
So I wanted to share my story how i deal with slugs and snails, my shady garden being a paradise for them.
In my beginning gardening years they were a huge problem and drove me to the point of despair. It more than often happened that after planting a newly purchased plant, the next morning I only found a skeleton. I had to find a solution!
I have never used or will use a chemical in my garden so slug pellets were out of the question.
The solution came with the introduction of toads, frogs and newts. As I already had a pond, the first thing I've created when starting my garden, I had the right conditions for them to thrive.
By now they have multiplied and the slug problem is under control, they do the job for me and on top of that I enjoy observing them, they are an enrichment of my garden.

Look at this guy, isn't he cute and well fed ?They love my place;