RE: OUR MEMORIES OF GROWING UP - 31

#451 by astoness , Sat Feb 15, 2014 9:05 am

now i feel quilty as i use slug pellets only because my garden gets over run with snails before i even put the pellets down..certain plants they wont touch but on the whole they will have a go at anything striping them down to just the stalks and plants are not cheap..so whats the alternative?? any ideas folks..

#452 by Sheldonboy , Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:25 am

I wouldn't use slug pellets, they are no good to cats and dogs either.

#453 by mikejee , Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:54 am

Far better to get a hedgehog

#454 by Sheldonboy , Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:59 am

This is one of our recent garden visitors.

#455 by astoness , Sat Feb 15, 2014 12:37 pm

Quote: mikejee wrote in post #453
Far better to get a hedgehog

dont think you can buy them mike..

love your visitor SB..he or she is cute..

#456 by Sheldonboy , Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:24 pm

But if you go and buy some slugs' they will help to attract a Hedgehog to eat your slugs?

#457 by Slow Jo , Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:12 pm

No need to buy them she can have all ours free ,but will have to collect,they don't do well in the post.

#458 by astoness , Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:29 pm

Quote: Slow Jo wrote in post #457
No need to buy them she can have all ours free ,but will have to collect,they don't do well in the post.

jo...

#459 by Sheldonboy , Mon Feb 17, 2014 2:54 pm

Quote: astoness wrote in post #455
Quote: mikejee wrote in post #453
Far better to get a hedgehog

dont think you can buy them mike..

love your visitor SB..he or she is cute..

HOW DO YOU LIKE THIS BABY
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...ham-Common.html

#460 by mikejee , Mon Feb 17, 2014 4:51 pm

Is it left out there at night?. If so I would think that it would scare the life out of anyone bumping into it at night! Mind you some yobs would probably set fire to it as well. I like it. better than most of the "art " that you see

#461 by Slow Jo , Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:53 pm

We use to have a visiting hedgehog, but did'nt see him last summer ,we live by a road so he probably got killed .They are on the danger list now.

#462 by astoness , Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:02 pm

jo ive only ever seen one in our garden in 14 years...which brings to mind that as kids we used to have a pet tortoise...cant believe the price of them now..bout £100

#463 by Slow Jo , Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:06 pm

That is to much,never payed that for a dog ,and it dont take so long to walk a dog as it would to walk a tortoise.

#464 by Sheldonboy , Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:07 pm

Hedgehogs are really good at clearing garden pests and they hold no loyalty. Once the food dries up they move on.

#465 by Voltman , Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:10 pm

Quote: Slow Jo wrote in post #463
That is to much,never payed that for a dog ,and it dont take so long to walk a dog as it would to walk a tortoise.

I don't think you need to go so far with a tortoise though.

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