Snail Party In My Garden
By Thelma
@thelme55 (79308)
Germany
August 19, 2016 10:59am CST
Have you read my snail discussion a week if not weeks ago? Did I not tell you that I was hoping that they were all dead by now? Well, they are not.
Last night when I accompanied Angus, our dog, in the garden to pee for the last time before going to bed, we saw loads of snails strolling in our pathways. Maybe they were on their way to their favorite plants.
We had Snail Party 
. With flashlights! My cousin and I went immediately to the plants which were losing their leaves. We were right. Some were devouring their delicious meal. Our weapon (salt) on the other hand and flashlight in the other, we started killing them one by one until we felt disgusted and I went to bath to scratch off the itchy feeling in my skin. Yuck!
This morning I inspected the "Tatort" (the place were the killing happened). There were not plenty of killed snails and so we were hunting again this evening. They were not many. Maybe they were hiding again and just go out when they think we are sleeping.
So, how was your day?
. With flashlights! My cousin and I went immediately to the plants which were losing their leaves. We were right. Some were devouring their delicious meal. Our weapon (salt) on the other hand and flashlight in the other, we started killing them one by one until we felt disgusted and I went to bath to scratch off the itchy feeling in my skin. Yuck!
This morning I inspected the "Tatort" (the place were the killing happened). There were not plenty of killed snails and so we were hunting again this evening. They were not many. Maybe they were hiding again and just go out when they think we are sleeping.
So, how was your day?14 people like this
11 responses
thanks I learn something today 
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
20 Aug 16
oh, we also had that snail party with the frogs croaking out loud every rainy day.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Aug 16
@thelme55 we have a very old frog here that croaks with its voice like a human being coming out of the deepest abyss, and you can be scared with it especially if it croaks in the midst of silence in the night.
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@thelme55 (79308)
• Germany
26 Aug 16
@ridingbet I could imagine how I would jump when something loud comes from a silent night.
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@thelme55 (79308)
• Germany
22 Aug 16
I can imagine how loud it was @ridingbet. I don't like the noise of the frogs during rainy season.
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Were you guys or the snails having a party? 
My kids love snails - they like to pick them up and take them as temporarily pets 
(I say pests 
. We didn't actually let them keep them as pets at home . . . but it was fun for them to have for that particular moment when they were playing. I'd rather go to a snail hunting party 
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
19 Aug 16
trade'ja some grasshoppers fer those snails, lol. the lil darlin's e'en ate the bark off some 'f my wee maple trees grown from seed. yepperz, too much stress to 'em 'n they've now perished.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
20 Aug 16
@thelme55 i dunno?? there's no snails here coz 'tis too dry fer 'em. thankfully there aint 's many grasshoppers here 's there's been the past couple 'f years. they've managed to eat bark off some young trees though...the lil 's
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@thelme55 (79308)
• Germany
20 Aug 16
Are grasshoppers good to combat against snails @crazyhorseladycx? I have not seen grasshopper since I arrived here in my home town in the Philippines.
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
19 Aug 16
Hope you will be successful in your " search and destroy " tactic 
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
20 Aug 16
We have snails here too in our garden, but it's not entirely messing my moringa plants. However, my largest okra plant seems to have been seriously infested.
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@thelme55 (79308)
• Germany
22 Aug 16
How do you fight the snails @Letranknight2015 ? My turmeric plants are almost bald and I don't like them to be destroyed.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
20 Aug 16
They are Japanese snails, as they called it. It will devour all your plants.
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