snails and grasshoppers eating buds

[catthom]

Dang, now that everything is growing and blooms are starting, I now have snails climbing all over and eating my buds. Plus, the dreaded lubber grasshoppers are joining in. I've been watering them and then putting down slug and snail bait- any other ideas? I sneak out at night with a flashlight and find and kill the grasshoppers (they're slower and easier to catch after dark) and now that they are full grown, chopping their little ugly heads off is the only thing that works.