No Bed of Roses

Got all the tidying up, and putting away done.  As I wandered round picking up stray Frisbees and bubble-wands I couldn't help being pleased with how lovely the borders are looking right now. 

Usually G's birthday bash is rained off several times before we get a dry day, with the result that everything has started to seed, or just looks tired.  But it was all looking lush and colourful this weekend.  The Ligularia though (the one at the back with the big round leaves) is just a snail magnet!  It is becoming more progressively like a lace curtain each day.  I don't use those blue slug pellets so I'll have to try something else. 

Or just let them eat it.  Why not? The birds like the snails, and I like the birds, so there is a certain trade-off there that works to my advantage.