What can I do to keep snails from eating my flowers?

I am seeing traces of snails in my flower garden. There are tiny holes all over my flowers. Can you help? Do you know a home remedy that won't hurt my flowers?

What can I do to keep snails from eating my flowers?
Cory's snail and slug bait works great....also beer , salt, sodium bicarbonate, copper , egg shells work to a certain extent....but best to use Cory's or other good commercial products on the market....put it out before planting or very Early spring and re apply every few weeks...especially after a very heavy or long rain....
Reply:Although I chose Earl Z for best answer I had a hard time with that decision. I also thought that Steve C was a five star answer. lol funny. I ended up using Danielle L answer because I didn't have to go buy anything. I will see how it worked this afternoon. Nancy Report It

Reply:Egg shells are like glass to us humans.... I know because I was having problems with them myself. I collect my eggshells and crush them. Throw the eggshells around the plants and that will help. Copper is another I heard too, but haven't tried that yet.
Reply:yes use beer they will die a happy death !
Reply:an instant way is to put salt on them! if you see one, shake a bit of salt on them and within 10 seconds, they'll shrivel up and be dead! i tried this with a slug infestation and it works a treat!
Reply:place a line of salt around ur flower beds they will not cross it if they do then they will die.
Reply:put a small flat saucer of beer or two (depending on the size of your garden) near your plants. Snails (and other pesky bugs that eat flowers) will immediately seek the sugar emitting from the beer, crawl in and drown. Your flowers will be perfectly safe, though don't dump the beer into your flower bed.