Dear Conchlers,
 
     In response to errant slugs and snails- Ortho makes a very effective
bait/poison that works great!  "Bug-Geta Snail and Slug Killer".   Other
methods include burying a container of beer near the trouble spots-  the
snails can't help themselves and will crawl in (to their demise), placing a
barrier of agricultural grit in a circle around chewed up plants (the
slugs/snails won't cross it), or placing a copper "collar" around the lowwer
stem- again they won't cross it.  The most humane method is to pick off  the
most you can at night :(   Sorry to be so vigilante against our beloved
invertebrates!
 
Sincerely,   Matt