Alas, the snail is good only as a symbol of the letter "U" in the alphabet or a good hero of fairy tales and cartoons. In real life, this is an unattractive slug, everywhere carrying its own shell-house and pretty much harming garden plants. The snail on the beds attracts the same as all garden pests: a delicious green biomass. So you have to puzzle how to deal with snails in the garden.
The total annihilation, however, is out of the question. After all, birds and ants are not malicious garden pests. The former enjoy the cultivated fruits, the latter “breed” aphids to enjoy the sweet syrup secreted by it. But it is well known: both of them inflict deadly damage on really notorious pests, eating their larvae and caterpillars. Snails, on the other hand, can be classified as medical orderlies: eating dead and damaged plants, they clear the living space for healthy plants and increase soil fertility. That's when there are too many snails in the garden - then the trouble.
Want to learn recipes on how to deal with snails in a garden? The first effective remedy is prevention. Choose the right plants, their placement on the beds, do all the garden work on time, take care of those who enjoy snails (birds, lizards, frogs, hedgehogs). Do not allow plants to thicken - this is the best shelter for snails during the day, at night, when the temperature drops and the humidity rises, they attack the garden.
Fortunately, the mollusks are not aphids, therefore snails in the garden are well visible visually. In the evening or after rain, they can simply be collected with plants by hand. Then carry somewhere away from garden plots (showing environmental humanism).
Good physical obstacles for snails are grooves made of halves of plastic bottles, deepened around the perimeter of the beds and filled with water. Or a real "obstacle course" of fine gravel, crushed eggshells or shells - slugs and snails really do not like to move on it.
Very simple advice on how to deal with snails in the garden with ... bribe traps. Their role is played by the tops of garden plants scattered in the distance from the garden. All snails (as well as slugs and wood lice) will rush first to it "for processing".
No less simple, but original and perfectly working trap can be built from any unnecessary dishes or the same half of a plastic bottle, dug into the ground to the ground level. Sweet kvass, compote, beer, etc. are poured into it. From above the trap is covered by an improvised visor-umbrella. You just have to empty the traps every morning and add some bait.
A powerful biological weapon against snails is garlic: both the plant itself planted in the garden and its infusion for spraying. Along with the extracts of bitter pepper and mustard, it effectively solves the problem of how to deal with snails in the garden, planting sage, lavender, rosemary, laurel, thyme and a number of aromatic plants.
In stores where everything is sold for the garden, there are ribbons and rims made of copper. When mucus comes into contact with it, a miniature electric discharge occurs, sufficient to cause a small shock to the snail and ward it from an attempt on the garden.
As you can see, without any chemicals you can protect the future crop from being eaten by mollusks. In the best case, you will be full, and the snails are intact.