I am Stephen. I live in Bristol, UK. I decided to shorten my profile...to this: Wildlife, haiku, travel, streetart, psychogeography and my family. Not necessarily in that order.
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There are things that can be done that really help with these matters.
Obviously there are the chemical treatments that work up to a point but which aren’t really cool.
Much better letting nature help you.
I helped a mate put a pond into his allotment a few years ago which now has a really healthy population of frogs, toads and newts all of which love to munch on slugs and snails. There is a little damage but almost everything is saved from the devastation that the little critters can cause.
I also put him onto nematodes that also work really well and are definitely worth looking into if you can’t be arsed with a pond . . .
Thanks. I tried nematodes a few years back and they kind of worked but repeat treatments get expensive. I have been thinking about a pond for a long time. Possibly a project for next year.
Natural adventures 
Mine too, hungry little sods!
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I am not looking forward to the devastation on the allotment next time I go up.
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There are things that can be done that really help with these matters.
Obviously there are the chemical treatments that work up to a point but which aren’t really cool.
Much better letting nature help you.
I helped a mate put a pond into his allotment a few years ago which now has a really healthy population of frogs, toads and newts all of which love to munch on slugs and snails. There is a little damage but almost everything is saved from the devastation that the little critters can cause.
I also put him onto nematodes that also work really well and are definitely worth looking into if you can’t be arsed with a pond . . .
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Thanks. I tried nematodes a few years back and they kind of worked but repeat treatments get expensive. I have been thinking about a pond for a long time. Possibly a project for next year.
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