And I thought we were the slug capital of the world here.

You have to be persistent - I bait slugs 11 months out of the year, usually skipping only January in this mild damp climate.

This year, I finally found a product I always wished someone would make. It's copper screening you wrap around the base of your plants. Copper is a really good barrier. Some say slugs won't cross it. Others say copper electrocutes them. Either way, it works. One 100-ft roll did all my hostas (loads of them) and none of them are chewed. I did leave a couple unprotected, as controls in my experiment. They're pretty chewed up. When my May Night salvias started to look chewed, I used it on them, too, and the damage was arrested.

It might seem expensive, but it's a permanent solution that doesn't wash away in the rain and doesn't bait more slugs to your garden. See the link to the product below. The company is one of my favorites, Lee Valley Tools.

Here is a link that might be useful: Copper Blocker

You ought to be able to buy copper screen from any hardware store that sells window screen by the foot ( or yard). I used to by it at an ACE hardware store. Works like a charm.

I also used it on the bottom of all of my outdoor containers, to keep those @#!**&@ slugs from entering the drainage holes and setting up housekeeping.