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

Snail_Assassin wrote:
Just need to respond to the above comments. I apologize for not being more clear in my explanation of how I use the salt. First, I only use it when It's raining AND mostly throw the snails in a container of salt to immediately kill them. I will toss them into my shrubs and in the cracks of my long stone wall where I can't reach. There has NEVER been any problem with the soil or any signs of distress on the shrubs, where most of the direct contact takes place. I have "picked" as many as just over 300 snails in a single day...and about a week later the next time it rained, there were still more (not nearly as many, but I hadn't extinguished them completely). I have killed thousands over the last couple of years, and nearly all of them with salt. I had also spent an enormous amount of money first on the "safe" snail/slug killers, then as my frustration grew, on the "toxic-keep-keep-animals-and-children-away" chemicals, and then on anything I could get my hands on. By the end of it, I didn't care if I ruined my soil and killed all vegetation, as long as the snails were dead (clearly, I was psychotically irrational by this point....it was a vendetta!) Now, it sounded like KaylyRed was approaching this level of frustration as well, and I really wanted to offer a solution that would really work, is really cheap and won't kill any birds or pets who wander into the yard. Also, I live in Zone 6a (Connecticut) so I don't know if the salt has less impact in this area???? But I also don't understand how it can be worse to use salt, especially if you use epsom salt, since that's already used as a fertilizer. I'd love to know the answer if somebody knows. (btw, that was a sincere question, not a sarcastic one :-b )
Anyway, speaking for myself and my (believe me) extensive experience in killing snails (I hardly ever see slugs, just snails...hmm....wonder why?) I would much rather have the snails under control even if that means I have to resort to strictly container gardening.
I'm attaching a pic of my driveway where ONE of my stone walls/snail oasis is. I have several other stone walls on my property as well.