Rick - ya want slugs, I can send you some. I plant things, they munch 'em. (They don't go anywhere near the weeds.)

Could the offending critter be a bunny? Don't they have a tendency to nibble tops off plants?

And while were at it, how do I get a squirrel out of my attic? I tried crawling up there and yelling at him, but he just looks annoyed. (And how the hell can anything sleep in fiberglass?)

Duckboots, I'll bet the cayenne would work, but you have to keep re-applying it. I wonder if wasabe has the same effect.