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Yep they don't like the dry weather very much.
They don't like the tomatoes I have planted, so at least I can grow those in the ground. The peas are also safe. Salad veg though, lol,good luck.
If you have room for a shrub mahonia / forsythia also flower early and help bumblebees, underplanting with snowdrops, alliums etc. also helps.
Some Geranium take shade and are very tough, and attract pollinators and flower later in the year.
JWestland
Polygon
oh yeah, I fully expect to be waging a constant war with slugs. Saying that I see people growing good looking ones around here. The slugs seem to have largely gone from the allotment currently - presumably too dry, which tells me that maybe it's more about weather conditions than soil?
Hellebore is a good shout