Have you considered netting or chicken wire to protect the plants from avian invasion, or , is it not worth it ?
Twinkie :" Snails ate on the strawberries; but we washed ‘em ".
Consider the beer in a tin can/ pie plate placed at soil level; snails drink , ..get drunk ,.. and drown.
Slugs are attracked to the fermentation of yeast in beer, and drown (happily, with a smile on their face, providing it is deep enough).
Earlier reference on this post string ..
More good tips, TIK! Thanks!
We are actually having some blackberries this year, and so far the birdies are allowing us a handful here and there!
Re: Netting. - Yeah; we’ve used netting; but we have *good* snakes that have gotten themselves tangled up in the netting. Husband cut one snake out of the netting; but two more were just hopelessly tangled up & died. (The one he managed to cut out was terribly tangled up; twisted around his arm & squeezed very, very hard.) - He’s used the beer; but his parents raised him so hung up about *any* form of alcohol that he seems guilty even for using it in gardening. I’m sure he knows it’s silly; but he just hasn’t been able to shake that guilt & he’s 71 now. I doubt he ever will get over that guilt trip. I call it “mental constipation”, and it’s a shame.