Water, yeast and sugar will work just fine in my garden. Maybe my slugs will just try to eat anything though... I use washed out Chobani yogurt cups buried to ground level.

In the morning I went out in the garden and the pathway between two flower bads was full of snails passing from one side to another. I killed like 70 or so. After 50 I stop counting. Inspired by Randy's experiment with DE I did the same and went a bit further. I made a ring of DE and put a few snails in the middle. After they passed it with no problem I took them and put all of them with some leaves in a cup and I cover the cup with a piece of wood leaving a small opening for air. I wanted to see if they die from DE not from starving and lack of oxygen. They eat some of the leaves and are pilled up at the top of the cup. I checked them every day and give them fresh leaves. After 3 days they are still alive. I guess the DE is not working with my snails. pat

Yes, I bought a whole big can of it!! Are they called cans or tubs or tins? I'm not even sure, but it was a big white, plastic container and cost me a lot! But it was well worth it!! I sprinkled some on the ground around the plants and I soaked some in a five gallon pail overnight. I strained the tobacco out of the water, split the strained water between two five gallon pails and topped up the two pails. The juice was pretty strong! After all, I soaked one third of the white container of tobacco overnight!! And, I started with boiling water! I then used a hand held pump sprayer and sprayed every plant thoroughly. My friend did the same thing with her garden. Even though we didn't see any slugs, we repeated the procedure two weeks later and we haven't seen a slug since. However, we are also vigilant about where we get plants and we NEVER bring other garden soil in without checking it thoroughly!! I don't want a repeat go round with those things!! As I said, I have no idea why it worked. My mother suggested it and I tried it. Maybe an expert could tell us. All I know is I was at my wits end and I was willing to try anything! I was even thinking of salting my entire garden, using alkaline salts from sloughs near the city. Now, that desperation!! But then, I am told I am a rather "crazy" gardener!! I grow roses in raised boxes. I have some of the biggest Japanese Butter Burr you will ever see in SK and instead of grass, I have rug! Yep! My garden is a sight to see! I don't call it sank_chew_airy for nothing!! airy

Lisa. . . Oh, the wrens are territorial all right. .I just put up a bunch of houses and let them decide who housed where. It seems to me that their territory gets smaller with the increase of wren population. I have tons of wrens existing together. The males who choose to have a couple "wives" keep them close together. In a hosta garden there is always plenty for the dinner table so they are happy. I do place several water baths around though. Now the bluebirds are a different story. . I have one in the northeast side of the house, one behind the barn, and one in my main hosta garden. . the males will kill each other if they push a territory. I haven't seen a bluebird feed a slug. . but it is possible they do. I have seen the wrens do it and with fervor and frequency. . .lol Just make sure you do not bother the wren houses while they are nesting. They will think another bird did it and will go out and poke holes in the eggs of other birds. I learned that the hard way. Janice, I can do one better. . here are some links I used making my toad houses. . you can go simple or really have fun getting involved. They have some great pictures, too. My grandkids loved it. I had four of my grandkids and my brother bought over three of his for me to watch (that cost him a couple hostas. . lol) I put their energy to work making toad houses. .what fun we had that day. They not only gave me valued toad houses but kept me laughing with lines like, I "toad" you so Robby! It was great fun! Check these links out. . they are short reading and lots of fun and info. We did not make a house big enough for Don's monster though. . lol http://www.projectwildlife.org/gardens_toadhouse.htm http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/cool/ameliatoadhouse.htm http://www.craftygardener.ca/garden15.html http://hobbies.suite101.com/article.cfm/easy_to_make_toad_houses http://www.learn2grow.com/projects/forchildren/outdoors/ToadAbode.aspx http://www.ehow.com/how_2074150_make-toad-house.html