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snail eviction

Started by sarah, May 25, 2006, 18:05:19

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sarah

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?

sarah


weedbusta


sarah

doh! I knew you would say that. ;D

Hyacinth

Well, I'd have done exactly like you 8)

weedbusta

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?

Hyacinth

emmm....now realize that I was being a bit enigmatic ::).....think I'll remain a Woman of Mystery.. ;D

Robert_Brenchley

I'd have comitted genocide on the spot.

sarah

Slugocide. but they are so squelchy and crunchy. eauukk.

tabbycat

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

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