Get yourself a little chicken to wander thru the garden....ever since I got hens who run free, I haven't seen a slug or snail. Of course, they do get messy themselves with mulch and scratching and things.

Hi Annie,..its unusual for me to have a slug problem this time of year but its so mild this winter that they are still out and about,..in spring and summer my slug population is reduced about 90% because i have some Hedgehogs living in the garden,..two that i have spotted together and there could be more,..they hibernate during winter regardless of the mild weather.

A chicken would be good though with a small garden it would create havoc

I think hedgehogs are so adorable. Here we have GROUNDhogs...about 10 times the size of a hedgehog and not so adorable when they eat your entire garden to the ground. But they are sort of cute...at a distance. Some people call them "whistle pigs"..I never knew why until one day I was out in the garden and our resident groundhog was sitting up nearby making this loud almost birdlike whistling call that was being answered from a distant groundhog.

Groundhogs are cute looking though i never came across one during my visits to America,..i did see them on TV when on Groundhog day,..oh and predictions about the weather

Oh certainly not to be appreciated with their antics in a garden Whistle Pigs ,..nice one.