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The contents of 4 troughs have been gobbled up despite all the usual tricks
to keep the snails off. Is there anything that they don't like, I am thinking of using plastic flowers :-) kate |
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-- .. "Kate Morgan" wrote in message o.uk... The contents of 4 troughs have been gobbled up despite all the usual tricks to keep the snails off. Is there anything that they don't like, I am thinking of using plastic flowers :-) kate Copper wire round the rim Mike |
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The contents of 4 troughs have been gobbled up despite all the usual
tricks to keep the snails off. Is there anything that they don't like, I am thinking of using plastic flowers :-) kate Copper wire round the rim Mike big troughs and not enough copper wire I have however just googled the query and found lots of info on there, some works and some does not kate |
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Kate Morgan wrote:
I am thinking of using plastic flowers :-) The problem is they will get eaten by plastic snails! -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
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In message , David in Normandy
writes Kate Morgan wrote: I am thinking of using plastic flowers :-) The problem is they will get eaten by plastic snails! G You are beginning to sound like the song about L S Lowry's matchstick men -- June Hughes |
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On 2009-06-17 13:38:35 +0100, "Kate Morgan" said:
The contents of 4 troughs have been gobbled up despite all the usual tricks to keep the snails off. Is there anything that they don't like, I am thinking of using plastic flowers :-) kate A squirt of WD40 round the base of the pot and up it a little (to be renewed after rain) and I'm told that vaseline helps if spread around the pots just a little up from the base. -- -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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On Jun 17, 1:38*pm, "Kate Morgan" wrote:
The contents of 4 troughs have been gobbled up despite all the usual tricks to keep the snails off. Is there anything that they don't like, I am thinking of using plastic flowers :-) No wish to appear callous, but I find snails have an aversion to being stamped on. Would you care to hire one of my younger grandsons for a weekend? |
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On 2009-06-17 17:23:27 +0100, moghouse said:
On Jun 17, 1:38*pm, "Kate Morgan" wrote: The contents of 4 troughs have been gobbled up despite all the usual tric ks to keep the snails off. Is there anything that they don't like, I am thinking of using plastic flowers :-) No wish to appear callous, but I find snails have an aversion to being stamped on. Would you care to hire one of my younger grandsons for a weekend? What's the going rate per snail? -- -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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The contents of 4 troughs have been gobbled up despite all the usual
tric ks to keep the snails off. Is there anything that they don't like, I am thinking of using plastic flowers :-) No wish to appear callous, but I find snails have an aversion to being stamped on. Would you care to hire one of my younger grandsons for a weekend? What's the going rate per snail? -- LOL I like that :-) The troughs are wrought iron jobs and heavy but I took one down off the wall and there were lots of weeny little snails all warn and dry there on the wall and in the liner. kate |
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On 2009-06-17 19:37:54 +0100, "Kate Morgan" said:
The contents of 4 troughs have been gobbled up despite all the usual tric ks to keep the snails off. Is there anything that they don't like, I am thinking of using plastic flowers :-) No wish to appear callous, but I find snails have an aversion to being stamped on. Would you care to hire one of my younger grandsons for a weekend? What's the going rate per snail? -- LOL I like that :-) The troughs are wrought iron jobs and heavy but I took one down off the wall and there were lots of weeny little snails all warn and dry there on the wall and in the liner. kate Ah yes, they do like their winter quarters! We have a Muehlenbeckia growing up the house wall and from inside the house we can see snails snugly tucked up behind it! -- -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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On Jun 17, 6:19*pm, Sacha wrote:
No wish to appear callous, but I find snails have an aversion to being stamped on. Would you care to hire one of my younger grandsons for a weekend? What's the going rate per snail? Well 3xGreat Grandfather Zachariah, the molecatcher used to charge 6d a mole. That was back in the early 1800s. At today's rates that would be.... err...ummm....very expensive! But then there is the retainer to be negotiated and the cost of disposing of slimy squashed bodies less the income derived from the sale of shells to the jewellery trade. Then there are the fees for the accountant and the tax estimator. On second thoughts you would be better off with a packet of slug pellets! |
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On 2009-06-17 23:18:44 +0100, moghouse said:
On Jun 17, 6:19*pm, Sacha wrote: No wish to appear callous, but I find snails have an aversion to being stamped on. Would you care to hire one of my younger grandsons for a weekend? What's the going rate per snail? Well 3xGreat Grandfather Zachariah, the molecatcher used to charge 6d a mole. That was back in the early 1800s. At today's rates that would be.... err...ummm....very expensive! But then there is the retainer to be negotiated and the cost of disposing of slimy squashed bodies less the income derived from the sale of shells to the jewellery trade. Then there are the fees for the accountant and the tax estimator. On second thoughts you would be better off with a packet of slug pellets! And 3 x Greatgrandfather probably kept the moleskins to make a pair of trousers! ;-) Actually, 6d was quite a lot back in the 1800s, too! -- -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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On Jun 18, 9:54*am, Sacha wrote:
And 3 x Greatgrandfather probably kept the moleskins to make a pair of trousers! *;-) *Actually, 6d was quite a lot back in the 1800s, too! When I first discovered that Zachariah was a molecatcher I wondered how on earth he could afford to raise a family of 10 children on the income. I then found out that the molecatcher was the best paid man in the village - he had a retainer from the parish council of £100 per annum as the pest controller (the PCC had to have a retained pest controller by law).Then he had retainers from as many landowners as he could get.Then he charged 6d a mole caught. Then he sold the pelts to fur dealers who shipped them to USA by the million. Zachariah was also the parish clerk. What I want to know is where did all the family fortune he made go to? |
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On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:54:21 +0100, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-06-17 23:18:44 +0100, moghouse said: On Jun 17, 6:19*pm, Sacha wrote: No wish to appear callous, but I find snails have an aversion to being stamped on. Would you care to hire one of my younger grandsons for a weekend? What's the going rate per snail? Well 3xGreat Grandfather Zachariah, the molecatcher used to charge 6d a mole. That was back in the early 1800s. At today's rates that would be.... err...ummm....very expensive! But then there is the retainer to be negotiated and the cost of disposing of slimy squashed bodies less the income derived from the sale of shells to the jewellery trade. Then there are the fees for the accountant and the tax estimator. On second thoughts you would be better off with a packet of slug pellets! And 3 x Greatgrandfather probably kept the moleskins to make a pair of trousers! ;-) Actually, 6d was quite a lot back in the 1800s, too! -- We remember it well -- ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹ |
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On 2009-06-18 09:58:35 +0100, Martin said:
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:54:21 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 2009-06-17 23:18:44 +0100, moghouse said: On Jun 17, 6:19*pm, Sacha wrote: No wish to appear callous, but I find snails have an aversion to being stamped on. Would you care to hire one of my younger grandsons for a weekend? What's the going rate per snail? Well 3xGreat Grandfather Zachariah, the molecatcher used to charge 6d a mole. That was back in the early 1800s. At today's rates that would be.... err...ummm....very expensive! But then there is the retainer to be negotiated and the cost of disposing of slimy squashed bodies less the income derived from the sale of shells to the jewellery trade. Then there are the fees for the accountant and the tax estimator. On second thoughts you would be better off with a packet of slug pellets! And 3 x Greatgrandfather probably kept the moleskins to make a pair of trousers! ;-) Actually, 6d was quite a lot back in the 1800s, too! Stealing sixpence got you a free single fare to Australia. Pity it doesn't work now! -- -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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