DE will get them, but only when dry. I generally go out at night with a flashlight and a salt shaker. I find them and remove them from my lettuce and place them in the place of sacrefice and sprinkle salt on them. They die.

Sink a butter tub, coffee can, or other container full of beer into the ground so that the top of the container is even with the soil line. The slugs will crawl in and die.

Here is a link that might be useful: Controlling Slugs

http://www.gardensalive.com/product.asp?pn=2111&ss=escargo

Escargo is a product used by some organic gardeners
I have been told it works very good

Slugs come from hell and I second the use of Escargo. Sprinkle it around your plants and forget about em.

I've tried the buried container with some success. I usually have slugs all over my strawberries. I have not had a problem with them this year and i'm not sure why. The only thing I can think it might be is coffee grounds. I've been putting a lot of them around my berries and roses and they are doing very well. I haven't seen a pest on either one. I'm not positive that it is the coffee but it couldn't hurt to try.

Use Sluggo or Garden Safe slug & snail bait. Same thing. Active ingredient is iron phosphate and it kills them dead.

But not for use for those gardeners who have pets that utilize those areas...

Iron phosphate baits (escargo, sluggo and many others) are pet/child safe.

It is the older baits containing Metaldehyde that you are thinking of. Those were downright toxic to just about everything and they became useless after a rain.

The newer iron phosphate baits are just as lethal to slugs/snails, but relatively non toxic to anything with a vertebrate ;-)

With the advent of iron phosphate baits slug/snail control got a lot easier and safer.

You are correct justaguy, I researched this extensively before resorting to Escargo. It is completely non-toxic to kids, pets and the garden in general and easy to use. I had a serious slug problem every spring and the beer traps just weren't doing it. My lettuces and other greens were riddled with holes...and who wants to eat greens that slugs have slimed over?? yuk!

We used to have an awful problem with slugs. This year, a couple of toads have made my garden their home. We've only had to dispose of a handful of slugs since. I love my toads!!