Snails, Slugs, Hedgehogs etc.
 

Hi,

Probably an old Chestnut but am new to this N.G.

Could someone please advise if hedgehogs should be encouraged or discouraged
in the garden.

Also what is the role of the snail and slug ?

Thank you in anticipation,

Happppppppppppppppy Everythings,

LenBo, Weston-SUPER-Mare

We don't have hedgehogs where I am (that I know of) in Houston but I believe
they eat bugs mostly. Not sure if they eat plants or not.

The only role that I know of for the slug or snail is to munch on the plants
and buds you most like. Sluggo is a good remedy for them, although it may
take more than one treatment. Sluggo is also pet friendly.

Personally I would leave the hedgehog alone and kill off the slugs and
snails. Unless I heard right and hedgehogs eat those too.

Shell


"St. George" St. wrote in message
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Hi,

Probably an old Chestnut but am new to this N.G.

Could someone please advise if hedgehogs should be encouraged or
discouraged
in the garden.

Also what is the role of the snail and slug ?

Thank you in anticipation,

Happppppppppppppppy Everythings,

LenBo, Weston-SUPER-Mare





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"St. George" St. writes:

Could someone please advise if hedgehogs should be encouraged or discouraged
in the garden.

Definitely encourage them.

Also what is the role of the snail and slug ?

Food for the hedgehogs.

Anthony

"St. George" St. wrote in message
...
Hi,

Probably an old Chestnut but am new to this N.G.

Could someone please advise if hedgehogs should be encouraged or
discouraged
in the garden.

Yes, if there are no dogs in the garden

Also what is the role of the snail and slug ?

To be eaten by thrushes, to be trodden underfoot, to be drowned, to be
poisoned if all else fails.

Franz

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:31:58 UTC, "St. George" St.
opined:

Hi,

Probably an old Chestnut but am new to this N.G.

Could someone please advise if hedgehogs should be encouraged or discouraged
in the garden.

Also what is the role of the snail and slug ?

Frenchmen eat snails. A slug is a naked snail.

--
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel


Saddam is gone. Ceterum, censeo Arafat esse delendam.

Mannnnnnny thanks for your interesting and prompt response.

Thanks a bunch.

However would prefer not to use pellets as I would not wish anything similar
to happen to me.

Remember the old West Country (English) saying:-

Take care of yourselves, and take care of each other.

Happppppy Everythings,

LenBo



"St. George" St. wrote in message
...
Hi,

Probably an old Chestnut but am new to this N.G.

Could someone please advise if hedgehogs should be encouraged or
discouraged
in the garden.

Also what is the role of the snail and slug ?

Thank you in anticipation,

Happppppppppppppppy Everythings,

LenBo, Weston-SUPER-Mare

St George wrote ".......Probably an old Chestnut but am new to this
N.G. .........."

Which one?
You are multiple posting.



--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

In article uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-udOV900dMXzb@poblano, "Stan Goodman"
wrote:

A slug is a naked snail.

Ha-cha-cha-cha.

--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
Visit the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com

"St. George" St. wrote in message ...
Hi,

Probably an old Chestnut but am new to this N.G.

Could someone please advise if hedgehogs should be encouraged or discouraged
in the garden.

Definitely encouraged. They have an amazing appetite for garden pests.

Also what is the role of the snail and slug ?

To make sure your delphiniums don't gang up on you and take over your
property.

To teach humility to gardeners who thought they could follow the Old
Testament mandate to "conquer the earth, and subdue it".

Seriously, they eat just about everything, and the more valuable the
plant, the more delectable they seem to find it.

--
Chris Green

On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 19:05:27 GMT, Shell wrote:

The only role that I know of for the slug or snail is to munch on the plants
and buds you most like

And all the stuff in the compost heap too. Which is good.
They also attract other wildlife - like hedgehogs - which also eat other
"baddies".

--
Tim C.

paghat wrote:
In article uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-udOV900dMXzb@poblano, "Stan Goodman"
wrote:


A slug is a naked snail.


Ha-cha-cha-cha.



Whatever turns you on.

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 23:17:41 UTC, (paghat)
opined:

In article uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-udOV900dMXzb@poblano, "Stan Goodman"
wrote:

A slug is a naked snail.

Ha-cha-cha-cha.

That's exactly what a slug is. The only difference between the two is the
shell. Whether that qualifies slugs to appear in rec.gardens.EDIBLE is a
question I can't answer.

--
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel


Saddam is gone. Ceterum, censeo Arafat esse delendam.

"Stan Goodman" wrote in message
news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-xGzwb8So2ZUw@poblano...
On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 23:17:41 UTC,
(paghat)
opined:

In article uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-udOV900dMXzb@poblano, "Stan Goodman"
wrote:

A slug is a naked snail.

Ha-cha-cha-cha.

That's exactly what a slug is. The only difference between the two is
the
shell. Whether that qualifies slugs to appear in rec.gardens.EDIBLE is
a
question I can't answer.

Well... a slug is EDIBLE, and can be found in your garden.


Ray

In article , "Ray Drouillard"
wrote:

"Stan Goodman" wrote in message
news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-xGzwb8So2ZUw@poblano...
On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 23:17:41 UTC,
(paghat)
opined:

In article uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-udOV900dMXzb@poblano, "Stan Goodman"
wrote:

A slug is a naked snail.

Ha-cha-cha-cha.

That's exactly what a slug is. The only difference between the two is
the
shell. Whether that qualifies slugs to appear in rec.gardens.EDIBLE is
a
question I can't answer.

Well... a slug is EDIBLE, and can be found in your garden.


Ray

Recipe for Slug Fritters:
http://bertc.com/slug_fritters.htm
There's actually a cookbook called BEST WASHINGTON SLUG RECIPES (1983) but
it's out of print, alas.

And of course slugs go good with worms:
http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/wo...l/recipes.html
http://bertc.com/natural.htm

-paghat the ratgirl

--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
Visit the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com

Hedgehogs do eat snails and slugs then? I wasn't sure. I think I need
several in my back yard.

Shell


"Tim Challenger" wrote in message
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On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 19:05:27 GMT, Shell wrote:

The only role that I know of for the slug or snail is to munch on the
plants
and buds you most like

And all the stuff in the compost heap too. Which is good.
They also attract other wildlife - like hedgehogs - which also eat other
"baddies".

--
Tim C.


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