Unfortunately Lobelia's one of those haute cuisine plants in the slug kingdom Laura
You can only do your best - the b*****s are very sneaky! I hunt them and just pick them up and snip them in two. None of that chucking them 60 yards or whatever. They can't return if they're snipped....
I think last winter was exceptionally wet in the west. This winter has been the wettest Scottish winter on record, but the flooding has bumped that up. It's certainly been much drier at this time of year than usual in this area and I have fewer slugs around than normal. The cold weather recently helped too.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Mine do get snipped in two on their way into the swimming pool ... and then I chuck the revolting "soup" out .... it's sometimes hard to be sure you've snipped the littlest ones though.
I'm hoping that the birds etc will eat some of the live ones I've missed on my slugging tour.
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A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
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Unfortunately Lobelia's one of those haute cuisine plants in the slug kingdom Laura
You can only do your best - the b*****s are very sneaky! I hunt them and just pick them up and snip them in two. None of that chucking them 60 yards or whatever. They can't return if they're snipped....
I think last winter was exceptionally wet in the west. This winter has been the wettest Scottish winter on record, but the flooding has bumped that up. It's certainly been much drier at this time of year than usual in this area and I have fewer slugs around than normal. The cold weather recently helped too.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
hehe - fairygirl is sooo cool......
Was a bit shocked Waitrose giving something away - I should know - I worked for them once....
Nothing seems to work apart from the snip in two technique
Mine get their own exclusive saltwater swimming pool.
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
I've never been keen on the salt thing. Seems a bit slow and a lot cruel.
Snipping in 2 with scissors is instant, and I'm sure, painless.
""Snipping in 2 with scissors is instant, and I'm sure, painless."
Yuk. Makes me feel kinda sick just thinking about doing that.
for me: less sick than watching them squirm in a saltbath, and the birds / frogs can eat the remains when they've been snipped.
Each to his own .
Hi Hosta,
Mine do get snipped in two on their way into the swimming pool ... and then I chuck the revolting "soup" out .... it's sometimes hard to be sure you've snipped the littlest ones though.
I'm hoping that the birds etc will eat some of the live ones I've missed on my slugging tour.
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
nice pair of ex kitchen scissors is my weapon of choice for snipping.