I have been reading quite a bit about natural pest repellents, I have dogs and I don’t want to put too much crap on food I’m going to eat :/ The same ones pop up, but I don’t actually see that these people have tried and tested them I don’t want to plant all my veggies and have them eaten by bugs :,( So can anyone guarantee the beer, the coffee grounds and the chilli garlic detergent spray actually work?

Some awesome ideas here – my nanna swore by eggshells for snails

My dogs eat most things (orange peel included) and they didn’t go for the coffee grinds I put in the garden. Anything rough under their ‘foot’ like sugar cane mulch. I have a problem with little green caterpillars – a friend said to spray the plants with chilli and water or dishwashing detergent and water.

cut a 2ltr empty coke bottle in half and put a bottle of beer in the bottom half of the coke bottle an then tape the upper part of the coke upside down in the bottom half.

you can buy pellets that are safe around dogs

Beer in a plate. Just make sure the dogs don’t develop a taste for beer too!

I’ve always been told beer in drink bottles but I’m not sure what exactly this would do?

there are some good comments here

Is it a small garden or larger one that you are trying to get rid of snails from?

Some good advice there below.

Spray plants with a mix of water and detergent…

Beer – maybe I suggest this as I think they will die happy snails

these are good ideas

Some tips here may be useful, including beer-

http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Garden-Slugs

I’ve heard you can sprinkle coffee grounds around plants. Snails hate the feeling of them.

I’ve heard of beer too. I think my dog would drink it though if he could get to it.

What did you end up doing?

They beer is a funny one

i heard copper. you can buy inexpensive copper tape on ebay and you can put a border around your garden beds. I havent actually tried this yet but my hubby bought heaps of the tape for his slot car track and we have so much left over that i was thinking of trying this out. I read it on google so who knows if its true lol.

I put a couple of moth ball in my letter box