They get EVERYWHERE!

I thought I'd seen them just about everywhere Stick..but this is taking the biscuit..or the birdseed lol:0

wretched things! and this bird feeder is approximately 3' 6" off the ground!!!!!!!!!!!

omg stickie, horrible little so and so's. im gett'n more and more holes in my plants the more it rains! really really fed up now.

me too YDD and i dont fancy taking this one out ~ hope he goes of his own accord.

the bite marks round the edge are the squirrel!!

Great pic, Sticki! They do get everywhere, horrid things!

Yuch :o( lol

anybody want some? i have just thrown 5 off one hosta!!

there was a time i wouldn't of touched one Stickie, im not bothered now, gloveless even :) ive had them in hanging baskets and one climbing up my appletree trunk last week, in broad daylight!!!

i dont mind touching these ~ its the slugs i cannot touch.

Sorry to giggle but I thinks thats very funny!!! Shame he didn't have his head stuck out hey??
:D

made me laugh too pita!!! unbelievable arent they.

just been out and thrown 5 more snails off a different hosta ~ i can hear them eating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Perfect weather for them I guess! You could market that as a snail apartment with its own balcony - I bet they'd sell!!! hee hee :D

might have trouble selling it occupied!!!

hee hee :D

Slippery little b____gers!

euwwwwwwww yuk!!!

have you got a tree beside it? THe snails live in my tree and go on to the birdtable all the time! Damn nuisnace!

A tree???? well i suppose there isnt one within 6 feet but there are 9 or 10 oak trees around the edge of the garden and countless silver birch and holly!!

Hm,m maybe where they live?

lol

and we have stone walls ~ they are probably under every stone!!

Lol lets hope a blackbird happened along for an extra treat :o)

now that would be very very helpful neellan, i sincerely hope so!!!!

I dance on the terrace in my wellies so many critters about with all the rain :o)

you dance?? i dont feel much like dancing plus i cant dance!!

but wellies are good.

Well it's not "Strictly" standard but does the job :o)

if i went out there now it would be slippery or crunchy or both!!!

I know never seen so many.......blighters :o(

Yuk! When I went out just after dark, I could hear the wretched things slithering about.

eeeeeeeeeeeek, and i can hear them munching. :(

Yuk, yuk and yuk!

nnnaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssstty

I tell you they live in the trees! I didnt believe it when i got told, then one day a few years ago I was up the ladder cutting it down and saw masses of them! I fell inot to it twice lol! lost two pairs of secateurs! Then on the birdtable and sticking on the side of pots..they are everywhere! I hate them! Found lots of slugs yesterday under the Knapweed which had got blown over..man I've tied that up about 6 times..securely..damn wind..rain..sick of it all! The slabs outside the shed are all slimely i keep slipping!

just to continue this.. found two fat snails and a big black slug in the hanging baskets this morning...Stick, did you see my tip about WD40 on my blog?

big black slug waddy ~ yuk!

no i didnt sorry, must go and look ~ which blog waddy?

that snail is still there ~ i cant get it out!!

Nuke the little B*&@%$ stickie hehe..

thats definitely what they deserve!!! YDD

damn things are a pain. it annoys me when they get down the funnel of the watering can and you can't get any water out,

Amen to that, Yorkshire - poking about with wire, or a bit of bamboo....

your right there M

I am lucky I have Mr Big Toad in my garden, he is always licking his lips when I see him!!

they can stay in the watering can if they leave the plants alone but they wont make a deal

lucky you tubby Mr Toad would be a very welcome addition here!!! he would be an even bigger toad!!!

he is dicing with death there sticki, when a bird sees him , damn cheek

no birds have visited sanbaz!!

LOL I'm sorry Sticki It looks so funny ,that isn't a baby one crawling up to mummy is it ,that brown blob beneath it ?

HB thats exactly how i feel but there are no childrens spades or buckets here! so i fling them over into the woods beyond [no doubt they return every night] i am going to put LOADS of pellets down now!!!

well spotted amy ~ i think its yet another slug ~ no doubt will be getting sleek and fat like the rest of the slug population round here.

[i laughed too!!!!]

We were over a friends house yesterday she was showing me how some plants had grown that I had given her when she spied 2 big fat snails between the pots she took them out and immediately stamped on them ,I don't like them but couldn't do that ..yuk!

no nor me. i quite like snails, especially those pretty little ones, i just dont want them eating my plants. i really hate slugs but i hate them so much i cant touch them!!!

I rather like snails too, but I honestly think they eat more in my garden than the slugs do. My runner beans are being eaten again - half are ok and the others look like something off the cover of a sci-fi novel. Someone advised me to put coffee grounds on the surface of the pots. I did, but the only difference is that there's twice as much slime!

oh no ~ i do NOT like slime!! and sometimes i think you attract more slugs and snails when you put the pellets down.

i thought you were going to say the only thing that happened was the beans tasted of coffee!!!

Looks as if a squirrel has been trying to gnaw its way into the bird feeder, Sticki!

Sticki LOL ,haven't you heard of Coffee beans ,very handy for a nice cup of freshly ground coffee :o))

yes melchi ~ they gnaw through everything here!!! ~ this is a squirrel proof feeder ~ ha ha!!!

very good amy ~ you are still wide awake!!!!!!!

Hey - that's a good idea! I hadn't thought of that. I could corner the market in coffee-flavoured veg - "wake-up" tomatoes ("Are you tired all day? Try Wake Up tomatoes. Guaranteed to perk (hah!) up your salad!")

save a fortune in the restaurants too ~ you wont need that cup of coffee at the end ~ you already drunk it with the veg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lol!

:-))

must have changed his diet!!! Holes are beginning to appear in the hostas. Found a few snails in the week nestling inside the rim of my flowerpots.

You can't really blame him, Sticki! That hole's made for him - he fits perfectly! What you all need is a supply of lizards like mine! I don't have very much trouble now with the Slimies, and the blackbird does his bit digging out the beasties - the bird bath has brought the bonus of more birds stopping in the garden, so they have a snack before a shower. :o)

i can cope with the snails in the rim of flower pots linda but not the slugs!!!!!!!!!! it makes me shiver to think touching them by mistake

nariz i dont think lizards would like the cold here but i would happily have them here.

I think this guy chose a very good place for the rest. Bless him.

he is not stupid is he? he has, thankfully, gone now!!

People need dreams. Otherwise they die from inside.

you are very philosophical katarina! i like that phrase.

do you think the snail is dreaming?

I have no idea! lol. Check him!

Lol.....

:-) he did finally leave!

So he slept there! :)

i think so katarina!!! looks quite cosy!!!

Extravagant guy!

ha! too funny. I uncovered the gas bbq the other day which had only been covered a week or so and there were two in the grill. perhaps they wanted to commit suicide. they get absolutely everywhere.

yuk............barbecued snails!!!