Charles Dowding advises against raised beds as it give slugs and snails more places to hide. I use them just because they’re helpful for sectioning up my plot. And I think it makes the council think I’m working the plot so they pester me less.
I have fewer slug problems since starting raised beds, snails probably worse. However that's more correlated with me building a mini greenhouse to slot over the tomato bed, they love that thing.
Charles Dowding advises against raised beds as it give slugs and snails more places to hide. I use them just because they’re helpful for sectioning up my plot. And I think it makes the council think I’m working the plot so they pester me less.