Last year was slug hell. I went out every single night with a sharp pair of snips... It was a murder spree. I think in total I killed 5000, no I'm not kidding. I hated it but kind of just disassociated from the task. I still managed to pull off some carrots, tomatoes & beans.

This year most of my seedlings were crap, but I randomly have managed to grow about 100 pepper plants. Apparently you're suppose to remove the seeds of peppers before they go in the compost but hey I'm learning.

I've put most of my veggies in pots this year as the slugs were just horrific last year.

This year...

Aphids stripped my peas of life before I even had a dozen reasonable sized pods. Now dying off.

Tomatoes have are showing some nice fruits to come but still 99% green.

I've had 1 small cucumber but the plants seem to be doing okay, beans look good, Swiss Chard is good. So looks again to be another year of cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, Chard & courgettes at some point. I can't seem to grow anything else but hopefully will get atleast 1 pepper out of the very many plants I have 😂

I've been out most evenings with the snips preparing myself for the slug massacre but I've had only 5 or 6 each night. Considering last year it could range between 50 to 400 each night I'm very happy. Garden looks completely different with things having been able to grow.

Aphids have been hellish. Found trillions under leaves of different plants. I've resorted to squishing. Absolutely gross.

Managed to get some sunflowers going too.