Snails make me squeamish. Unfortunately we have lots of them that live around us. The worst is when you walk outside (never shoeless) to bring things to the recycle bin at night and you feel a big CRUNCH when you take a step. I'm not proud to admit it, but I am a snail killer.
I may be an inadvertent snail killer, but I am NOT the snail hunter. My wonderful husband gets that job. He may act like he doesn't like it but I see the way his face lights up when he sees an image like this one:
That is a photo of one of the pillars in front of our house covered in - count them - at least EIGHT snails. Yuck! Luckily Chris has a system of removing these snails and disposing of them. He uses a trusty G2 (Gatorade) plastic bottle and pops them off the wall. I hope no one from PETA is reading this blog, or they may be on the hunt for the Snail Hunter...
To the SNAIL HUNTER:
ReplyDeleteThe most effective (and green) way of getting rid of snails and slugs is hand picking them from your garden... Yes, I know that sounds like a disgusting job to do, but it is much better than killing the wildlife with pesticides.
If you never have done snail and slug picking, be prepared for the shock of how many snails and slugs that lives in your garden (when I first started doing snail and slug picking, I was amazed how many snails and slugs that lives in my garden, there was like hundred's of them)!
Through my experience of snail and slug picking, the best ever time to pick them is a few hours after sunset after a rainstorm although some snails and slugs come out at night or in a rainstorm during the day.
The reason the snails and slugs like to come out at night is because it is cool, fewer predators, and less chance of drying out, if the snails and slugs are out in a sunny day, they would get too hot and dry out and die.
When you go snail and slug picking, put the captured victims in a bucket with some soapy water so they cannot climb out of the bucket while you are doing snail and slug picking, and put the lid on after you are finnish picking them, otherwise they will try get out of the bucket. Also if you are squeamish about the slime, wear rubber gloves or use a long-handled dandelion digger or a pair of long tweezers.
Or you can just go french style and put them on the grill ;)
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