It always amazes me that slugs and snails aren't an endangered species by now by the number of slug pellets that are for sale in the shops. They are a number one tough survivor.
Maybe one day there will be a 'Save the Slug' campaign.
There are some good slugs which shouldn't be squished because they eat other slugs and only eat rotting vegetation. In my last garden I had these amazing yellow slugs with grey/blue antennae, stunning creatures (well I thought so). So maybe we should have a save the slug campaign, well as least the ones who don't make holes is Swiss Chard! Sadly I don't have the yellow slugs anymore, just the normal beasts.
Ooh just found this website called slugwatch.. Have a look if you want to find out which are gardeners friends etc. They are trying to track the spread of the Spanish Slug, Maybe I shall take up slug spotting as a hobby. hehe.
I left some upturned pots at the back of the house for a few weeks, and when I tidied them up the other day they were full of small slugs. Those ones are now ex-slugs! But it's rabbits that are nibbling my plants at the moment.
I'd agree that it's mild enough for slugs and snails but wonder , with all the saturated ground, if perhaps mice might be forced above ground and having a nibble ?? Just a thought.
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It always amazes me that slugs and snails aren't an endangered species by now by the number of slug pellets that are for sale in the shops. They are a number one tough survivor.
Maybe one day there will be a 'Save the Slug' campaign.
hope not! although they are appealing when they are not being a pest .
There are some good slugs which shouldn't be squished because they eat other slugs and only eat rotting vegetation. In my last garden I had these amazing yellow slugs with grey/blue antennae, stunning creatures (well I thought so). So maybe we should have a save the slug campaign, well as least the ones who don't make holes is Swiss Chard! Sadly I don't have the yellow slugs anymore, just the normal beasts.
Ooh just found this website called slugwatch.. Have a look if you want to find out which are gardeners friends etc. They are trying to track the spread of the Spanish Slug, Maybe I shall take up slug spotting as a hobby. hehe.
http://www.slugwatch.co.uk/
I left some upturned pots at the back of the house for a few weeks, and when I tidied them up the other day they were full of small slugs. Those ones are now ex-slugs! But it's rabbits that are nibbling my plants at the moment.
The squirrels have started on the hellebores as a change to camellia flowers.
I'd agree that it's mild enough for slugs and snails but wonder , with all the saturated ground, if perhaps mice might be forced above ground and having a nibble ?? Just a thought.
That Slug Watch site is a jolly interesting read!
I'm tempted to make a few slug traps come spring to see just what my garden contains.
Not sure what Slug Watch would think to my then "feeding the birds" though!