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General => The Shed => Topic started by: sarah on May 25, 2006, 18:05:19

Title: snail eviction
Post by: sarah on May 25, 2006, 18:05:19
today i dismantled the old compost heap on my plot made out of old doors to replace it with a plastic one from the council.  during this process i accumulated a large bucket full of snails and slugs.  At he end of the job i didnt know what to do with them as i didnt want to let them out anywhere near anyone else's plot.  i thought about letting them out in the woods but in the end i took them to the tip with the old doors and put the whole thing bucket and all in the household waste container!  what would you have done?
Title: Re: snail eviction
Post by: weedbusta on May 25, 2006, 18:58:01
jumped on them. :-[
Title: Re: snail eviction
Post by: sarah on May 25, 2006, 19:07:07
doh! I knew you would say that. ;D
Title: Re: snail eviction
Post by: Hyacinth on May 25, 2006, 20:28:31
Well, I'd have done exactly like you 8)
Title: Re: snail eviction
Post by: weedbusta on May 25, 2006, 21:26:36
i saved every one i found on my plot last year, and set them free in the graveyard next door, (flung them over the wall) no blue pellets either, they came back because they knew i was a soft spot, and  feasted on everything i tried to grow. i wouldn't have minded so much if they all ate from the one veg and then moved onto another, but they had a wee chew at everything. this year i'm taking no prisoners. blue pellets in margarine tubs ( curry's great idea), and jump on any that refuse to die with dignity.( i just make sure my boys don't see me).

alishka  who?
Title: Re: snail eviction
Post by: Hyacinth on May 26, 2006, 08:25:02
emmm....now realize that I was being a bit enigmatic ::).....think I'll remain a Woman of Mystery.. ;D
Title: Re: snail eviction
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on May 26, 2006, 13:47:45
I'd have comitted genocide on the spot.
Title: Re: snail eviction
Post by: sarah on May 26, 2006, 15:43:48
Slugocide. but they are so squelchy and crunchy. eauukk.
Title: Re: snail eviction
Post by: tabbycat on May 27, 2006, 22:30:48
I have to say with slugs, I'd have done exactly the same. I hate them. Snails on the other hand, well I hate to admit it and please don't tell anyone, but..... i actually like them :-[

I can remember collecting loads to race on the bonnet of dad's car (he was NOT happy) when i was very little.

I think that I would have taken them for a very long car ride and let them out for a breath of fresh air in the middle of nowhere.

Mind you, if the little bu**ers eat all my veg, maybe I will become very hard hearted.

Tabbycat