I suspect the hot dry weather and a move to a less 'tidy' garden are the answers. I purposely have one third of the garden as 'wildlife habitat'. This is not like a faddy wildlife garden as has become popular these days, it is more like the untidy corner of an allotment, carefully constructed to harbor native reptiles and amphibians. Slug problem? Not a thing here. We have a nice variety of slugs, just not very many of any one species so they are not a problem at all in areas like the veg plot where they could be a pest.
We have toads in the garden, a frog in the greenhouse, and hedgehogs visiting, hopefully the slugs don't stand a chance. Not like the greenfly which the birds can't keep up with. 🙄
We're OK for aphids at the moment, but the black ones have just found my nasturtiums so we'll be ankle deep in them soon. If so I'll try to think of them as 'abundant wildlife'...
About the only thing I've not found an answer for is flea beetles, other than netting to keep them off. I do have to control aphids on individual plants with soapy water until the ladybird populations get going.
A friend of mine has a problem with monkjack deer, she has no new growth on her roses, its difficult to keep something out that can jump a 6 foot fence from a standing start!
Get a deerhound x lurcher... I dread to think of the carnage if a deer got into our garden...! (Actually not such a good idea with muntjacs as apparently they give as good as they get.)
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About the only thing I've not found an answer for is flea beetles, other than netting to keep them off. I do have to control aphids on individual plants with soapy water until the ladybird populations get going.