Yesterdays forecast, SNOW?

Well, not exactly. The cherry trees are in bloom and basically, while I ate my dinner outside it snowed cherry flower petals. It was like being in a surreal anime film. I am using beer to deal with slugs besides picking them, but this mornings rainstorm didn't help matters. Wood ash seems to be of little to no help, last thing to try is lime which will work 2-fold since the soil is very acidic in places.