What can I do about the slugs that are devouring my hostas?
Slugs are more reliable than rain. Even in drought years, when it seems like every moisture-loving creature has packed up and moved to the coast, slugs continue to lurk under rocks, mulch, and garden debris waiting for nightfall when they happily devour everything from foliage to stems to ripening fruit. Prevention is the best way to deal with most garden problems. In the case of slugs, this means allowing your garden to dry out between waterings, making it less appealing to slugs who like nothing better than to congregate in damp places. Raking up garden debris on a regular basis removes valuable daytime cover while pulling mulch away from the base of plants reduces their opportunity to inflict damage. Hostas, as youve already figured out, are slug magnets. If you absolutely must grow them, consider picking a thick-leaved variety, such as Hosta seiboldiana, which slugs find less palatable than hostas with thin, easy-to-chew leaves. By now Im sure everyone knows that sinking a shallow
