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Talkback: Hibernating snails

Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
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...but what do you do with them after you've collected them? I can stomp on one snail but get squeamish about mass murder!
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  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    What a good idea to have a snail hunt. As soon as it stops raining I shall be out there with a pail of salt water.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Wow, havn't checked the bird boxes yet!! And talking of birds, they are one possible method of green-disposal!
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Also, did you know that apparently all British snail are edible? (revenge or what)
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Are they really edible?? I have got lots in my small garden. Does anyone have a recipe for cooking snails?
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Icky!!! I did find a large amount in a plastic bag at the back of the greenhouse the other day. Needless to say, neck tied and in the bin! Perhaps a few bag lined pots selectively placed around the garden would help solve a disposal problem??
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I went for a walk on the Scarborough disused railway track and at a disused platform there where hundreds of snails hibernating on the wall uck! If I Lived nearer I would take some salt water.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I just can't bring myself to kill them even thought one of some of my favourite plants are Hostas. I tend to collect them on a trowel and hurl them into the middle of the garden and hope the birds do it for me!!
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    mmmmmm, I'm very glad I'm a vegetarian, but do you know even if I were a rampant carnivore, I suspect there are some things I would not eat...how ever much garlic butter was used!!!!

    Neat idea about the poly-bag lined pots...
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    you can eat snails, but you must purge them first, after collecting a few you must put them in a container, one they cant get out of... and let them get rid of any fecal waste they may have, obviously dont give them anything to eat, after about three days you can then cook them, garlic butter or whatever recipe you have for snails.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I also cannot bring myself to kill all the snails in my garden that are nestling in between to stone walls. If I toss them over the fence into the park, do you think they will be eating by the birds or will crawl back into the garden (mine or a neighbours)?
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