At our old house we used to get loads of leopard slugs in the kitchen. It was a bit damp you see.
They are the large and spotty ones, they would occasionally treat us to a mating display
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtD5dxTcXm4
At our old house we used to get loads of leopard slugs in the kitchen. It was a bit damp you see.
They are the large and spotty ones, they would occasionally treat us to a mating display
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtD5dxTcXm4
Last edited by prendrelemick; 07-31-2010 at 11:51 AM.
Now there's a mental picture I can do without!
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We tried coper tape around the pots we had. As for the beds, we just plant stuff they dont eat.
Originally Posted by dafydd manton
Of course!
Whichever idiot planted at this place put a load of tropical plants in one border which attracts slugs like fish does cats. I've killed the entire garden with glyphosate and they appear to have moved to more suitable areas.
I shudder to think what'd happen if I planted cabbages!
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Ah, it's tough being a woman n the midst of a bunch of brilliant bloaks: they know about slugs, the latest news, the latest sports and also can lay floor tile...well, at least everywhere except florida
Meanwhile, I had to spend 5 hours drinking slowly from my amaretto bottle and visiting with my neighbor last night in hopes that he will get his chain saw and take that bit of tree off my roof...
I offered cash; but darn it all, he wants company...
No car? I always hate going car shopping; you can go in, pick out the car, give them the cash and they still aren't happy unless they stall you the whole day giving you their pitchHow did that happen? I ask myself. Yesterday we went looking for a car with my daughter
We came home with a packet of slug pellets and a piece of cloth. This took us all day.
Uh yeah...thanks for sharing that.At our old house we used to get loads of leopard slugs in the kitchen. It was a bit damp you see.
They are the large and spotty ones, they would occasionally treat us to a mating display
I just recalled another technique from my sainted mother. Cayenne pepper powder!
Whichever idiot planted at this place put a load of tropical plants in one border which attracts slugs like fish does cats. I've killed the entire garden with glyphosate and they appear to have moved to more suitable areas.
I shudder to think what'd happen if I planted cabbages!
The pepper powder technique was actually used to deter squirrels from digging up flower bulbs. She would sprinkle the powder around the base of each plant and it worked.
I would imagine that slugs would feel the burn once they slimed their way across the powder.
Maybe mix it in some Drambuie? who knows what you might liquidate so to speak.
Latest of which is the all-conquering All Blacks whipping Australia!
I like that idea!
Can slugs feel pain? I hope so!
Go to work, get married, have some kids, pay your taxes, pay your bills, watch your tv, follow fashion, act normal, obey the law and repeat after me: "I am free."
Anon
Round here, the slugs love a good curry. Give 'em raw chillis and ginger and they thrive on it.
NZ beat Oz? Ok good. I just Wales could beat either! Our last moment of glory was Llanelli beating the 7th All Blacks, 9:3, in the 70s, And that was all penalties!
Dafydd Manton, A Legend In His Own Lunchtime!!
My Work Has Been Spread Over Many Fields!
Of course you can always resort to the age old boyhood technique; the salt bath!
Just sprinkle some salt on the slimers and watch them melt. However, the sodium may prove to be a detrimental soil ammendment.
Gilliatt
England won the Cricket, Webber (an Austrailian) won the Grand Prix, and New zealand won the Rugby. Will the sun ever set on the Empire?
Have you been anywhere near Lancashire lately? Or Reading. Luton. Milton Keynes. It loks like the convicts got the best end of the deal!! "Either we'll hang you, or you can go somewhere nice and warm, where you can eke out a miserable existence thrashing everybody at just about everything. Or you can join the Navy, see the world and get some really interesting diseases, before you die of scurvy!"
Dafydd Manton, A Legend In His Own Lunchtime!!
My Work Has Been Spread Over Many Fields!
We knew how to do a good Empire - cultured, mutually profitable, not too much bloodshed.
Yes, I recall that game well, sitting in stunned disbelief on the other side of the world. More's the pity, that day, the mad men of Munster and other famous victories of club teams over international sides will never return.
As a kid, I used to sit on soaking wet terraces screaming for Bay of Plenty or Auckland to beat whoever they were playing. I just about ruptured my throat the day BOP got within half a dozen points of the greatest touring side in history - the 1971 Lions. The game of rugby is far less for their passing.
Around here, salt is no deterrent - I kid you not! I tried that one wet night - the path was covered in slugs and snails and I thought "I'll kill all you bastards right now", ran and got salt and drenched them with it. The slugs all carried on while shedding copious amounts of green slime, the snails all died. The slugs returned for salted snail breakfasts and carried on....
That's so true!
Australia, the lucky country! So rich with minerals even crooks like Alan Bond made a billion dollars legally.
And England sent its convicts there.
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Anon
I like the backs on your all blacks...
They had heard the rumors though; they didn't quite expect them to inhabit the whole country..
Speaking as a non-gay male, I have to say that the All Blacks are one of the better-looking sports teams around* - you should start following rugby!
Richie McCaw, captain on the left, The other is the legendary Daniel Carter, holder of almost every record there is to hold in world rugby.
*With just the odd exception.
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