Attack of the Slugs

That's right SLUGS! Hundreds of slimey, sticky, nasty slugs decended on the garden in the last couple weeks. Allison and I picked off as many as 200. The first round were hiding at the base of the plants and under the stepping stones. Like the one above. Then we discovered that in the evening vast numbers were crawling out of the retaining wall and devouring the plants closest to the wall (blanket flower and lupines).

Here's some of their damage. In the photo above (a lupine) you can even see some of their dried slime.

I also picked up a bag of iron phosphate slug killer and spread that along the top of the wall and a few other places. Hope that helps!