Sarah, I'm so pleased to echo your weather news. Here in the South of England it has been very warm and beautiful. Following that horrid winter it's wonderful. BUT, tonight heavy rain and tomorrow. We need rain but not that heavy. We are told that when it drys out it will be MUCH colder again, I hope not. I have sweet peas doing very well and lots of cutting annuals coming up. Radishes are a little slow, which is unusual. 
I read recently an article about Hostas (Slug and Snail gourmet speciality). A lady wrote that she makes a garlic concentrate which she then adds to each of her waterings of her Hostas. She claims 100% success. I'm going to make some from wild garlic leaves (very common near here) rather than use expensive cloves. Worth a try. Grit works well too as they HATE grit. (nice horticultural grit is best). Little tip. If you are forced to use pellets eco-friendly or not then place them AROUND the plants to be protected but NOT right next to the plants. The idea is to tempt marauders AWAY not to the plants. (Obvious really but rarely done. Roger
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