I stopped planting the marigolds with tomatoes - I swear they were attracting the snails, you could see the silver bee line straight to them.

Ooh grow capsicum! I think they are really rewarding and they come in great colours - even chocolate brown (if you go Heritage seeds or from Diggers).

The patch always looks so bare when you first start off, so I've started putting in Sweet William here and there for colour until it all grows in.