the garden has been filled with slugs and snails lately, which have been steadily eating all my succulents and stunting their growth. :| i hadn’t paid them much attention in previous years, but this year they’re everywhere and really making some damage. i don’t like the idea of using pesticides and the plastic covering on the ground didn’t allow for beer traps… so this is our current method:

it’s been working more or less, and the succulents seem to be recovering a little. pffew!

ps – don’t worry, they land on a patch of clover on the other side of the wall — no harm done! :)