So, how many acres are you maintaining and how much time do you spend on it in a year. Kris Schludermann wrote: > > it's been my experience that the only way to control slugs & snails > is to actively hunt them. poison trails or beer traps only work in > confined quarters. to really decimate the population requires > active participation. here's what i do: > > 1) hunt > a. seek & destroy during and after rain storms > b. get ducks > c. hold dances/parties outside during the evening & stomp > > 2) trap & extract > a. set out wide boards elavated on low rocks > b. set out sheets of cardboard > c. set out tarps of dark plastic sheeting > > repeat as neccessary:)