On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:55:33 +0100, Spider wrote:




The last time I trod on a slug, I slipped on its innards and nearly fell
all the way down our very steep drive :~/. Dangerous things, these slugs.

My favourite despatch method is a little kiddies' beach bucket sized
thing of very salty water. Plink, plink, fizz sort of job. Also handy
for making soup for mothers-in-law.

Any resulting empty snail shells can be left out for the homeless if
you are so inclined. Encouraging slugs to take up residence makes it a
lot less messy when picking them off plants ;-)

A lot of people don't know that it's very difficult to wash slug slime
off anything because the slime simply absorbs water and expands (hence
even more slippery). You need to dry it off. On hands, rub like crazy
and it'll clump up and fall off. On ground, some salt will absorb the
moisture; otherwise a bit of sand.

Cheers, Jake
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Urgling from Swansea Bay. Dave's at that
end; I'm at this end. Bill's in the middle.