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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11252) • United Kingdom 11 Jun

Well, a couple of months ago we bought some start plugs of Marigolds. My Mom was going to nurture them until we had to put them in the ground . She did this and two weeks ago we took them to our house and The Mister planted them....

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Clay soil!

Francine @beenice2 (2967) • Sackville, New Brunswick 28 Jul 22

I've learned only, really, this year that our soil was clay! Not that I have had any problems yet. But at the home hardware center in our hometown, told us to mix well the soil with another soil that will help the plants to...

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Quick Tip for BBQ Lovers

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 21 Jul 19

For all of you people who are not rich enough to afford a gas BBQ and have to rely on good old fashioned charcoal! When you've had your food and the ash is cold in the bottom of the BBQ scoop it into a bag and use it as slug and...

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Mrs Tiggywinkle Hasn't Forsaken Me!

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 17 Jul 19

A few days back I was bemoaning the fact that I hadn't seen a hedgehog in our garden for a good number of years but a couple of days ago I saw what I thought was a hedgehog dropping. I thought no more about it but this afternoon...

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Christmas Slugs

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21504) • London, England 4 Dec 18

Quick trip into London, yesterday, and a visit to the Tate Britain gallery. Until February, there are two, giant, Leopard Slugs crawling over the front of the gallery. A little over 10 metres (33Ft) long and made of compostable...

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Hawaii - Rat Lungworm Disease

808state @nalomeli6 (18) 13 Apr 17

Aloha from Maui! Islanders and tourists are all concerned about the cases of Rat Lungworm Disease here in Hawaii. What is Rat Lungworm Disease? The disease is a condition in which parasitic worm larvae infect people's brains....

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Slugs Invasion

Anna @LadyDuck (502148) • Italy 9 Jun 16

The experts had warned us, a warm winter means an explosion in the population of slugs and snails. Slugs are horrible to look at and worse to touch and they are voracious. They have eaten my strawberries, the first salads that I...

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"Share This Or It Means......" Blah blah blah blah

****DANIELLE**** @VivaLaDani13 (60812) • Perth, Australia 3 Dec 15

I really hate it on Facebook when someone will post something and the post will say "Share this if you don't like cancer." or "Share this or it means you don't love animals." Or "Share this or you wont find true love." Am I the...

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The rains have stopped falling…now the critters have come out to play…

Ann LeFlore @poehere (15123) • French Polynesia 26 Oct 15

This morning I woke up to blue skies and the birds singing. This is the first day in the last 16 days this has happed. But when you wake up to such a beautiful morning you’re sure to find some critter playing in and around your...

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The new variety of potatoes I tried proved really popular...

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 25 Oct 10

... with the slugs! I tried a new variety of potatoes this year, they are called Cara, but they've really been hit by the slugs. Someone recommended them to me and I should have know better because he is from the "spray it 'til...

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banana banana banana

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 6 Aug 10

silly song from Charlie the Unicorn (sorry).... I spent two days up in the Redwoods taking lots of pictures. I'll be posting them to my Multiply account once the upload. But meanwhile, let me tell you about the wildlife up...

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I love Slugs!!!

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 1 Jul 10

Did you know that slugs perform an invaluable service to us? They process dead leaves and other plant matter into lovely rich soil. The slime that slugs produce is the strongest adhesive known and if scientists could reproduce...

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Help! New flowers infested with slugs!

DeenaD @DeenaD (2684) • United States 29 Jun 10

My husband bought some yellow daisies last week and we transplanted them in a partly sunny flower bed, since the instructions said these flowers would grow in either sun or shade. Now the flowers are dying and the flowers and...

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How do you get rid of slugs?

suehan1 @suehan1 (4344) • Australia 4 Jun 10

Every night these little crawly critters come out to play, and they annoy me .I have tried to sprinkle salt around the back doors, but they manage to come back. Any suggestions on how I can get rid of them. Cheers Sue

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Hanky Panky going on at my back door!

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 31 Aug 09

I hate slugs--but every creature has a right to mate. Except cockroaches. There are two slug mating on my back door. They hang from some kind of disgusting mucous and twine around each other. For those of you who have never seen...

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Darn slugs, why don't the like eating weeds?

Humbug25 @Humbug25 (12540) 23 Jul 08

I have just started growing some of my own vegetables and have worked hard on creating a vegetable patch only to find lots of holes in the leaves of some of my plants whilst the weeds seem to be thriving and remain holeless. I...

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Slugs are eating my plants help!!!

zabawaus @zabawaus (1730) • United States 22 May 08

Every time i wake up scheck my yard seeing that one or more leaves are missing of my plants. ( Mostly . cucambers, eggplants, and strawberries) And i found a smal slug on them today. And i found the guilty!!! Do you know any...

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Slugs ,slugs glorious slugs

ruby222 @ruby222 (4847) 15 Apr 08

Now the slugs will soon be arriving to devour everything in sight....last year in the UK ...the slugs invaded and ate the majority of fresh young green shoots... We tried many things....grit on the edge of the pots....crushed egg...

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What is it about slugs?

guss2000 @guss2000 (2232) • United States 21 Sep 07

My sidewalk normally had some (maybe 3) slugs on it after a rain, and mostly at night and not always. Well, last weekend we planted plants in our yard and I have been watering them every day this week. Now, during the day I find...

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nasty!!!!! i just stepped on a slug!!!

carissa765 @carissa765 (1097) • United States 29 Jul 07

I am at work and i went outside to smoke a cigarette and stepped on a slug in my stockinged feet. Have you ever done this? It feels really gross! I feel like I just stepped in a pile of dog crap. I know that this is kinda...

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