RadishRose
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They are amazing!Snails are interesting but still slimey and they eat my hostas. They are cute though.
What about butterflies and the distance these lightweights can travel while migrating. On average the Monarch Butterfly travels 50 to 100 miles a day.
The longest recorded mileage in a day was 265 miles. I find it amazing that some butterflies fly all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico.
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You’re kidding. I’ll have to buy some beer as we don’t have any around. My husbands gonna think I started drinking but I’ll just show him the drunk butterflies.They are amazing!
Keesha, sink old jars or cans of beer around your plants, or even lay half full beer bottles down. They love beer and then they drown.
Hahaha, I noticed he double D but I don't care! I meant drown the snails, not the butterflies.You’re kidding. I’ll have to buy some beer as we don’t have any around. My husbands gonna think I started drinking but I’ll just show him the drunk butterflies.
Thanks for the great tip.
And I just realized I’ve been spelling your name wrong all this time. I used two D’s and there’s only one.
Oh, they are the cutest little things! So glad you care for them, Holly.This is a member of the family of hedgehogs who visit my garden every night just after dark . I put 3 dishes of fresh water out for them every day, ( in fact I've just done it a few minutes ago) and once a week at this time of year we put a couple of handfuls of meal worms to help them fatten up ready for hibernation...
This is the cutest thing ever.
Keesha, sink old jars or cans of beer around your plants, or even lay half full beer bottles down. They love beer and then they drown.
I just read that advice again, from RadishRose.
It said to sink them into the dirt. OH, that would be how they could get in. What a good idea.
For snugs and snails that become pests I use diatomaceous earth. It’s made from fossils and cuts like glass so their bellies get cut and they die.They are amazing!
Keesha, sink old jars or cans of beer around your plants, or even lay half full beer bottles down. They love beer and then they drown.
That does work fine too, Keesha, though I would personally only use it in a protective ring around special plants, and not spread it around too much,
because it also harms other soft-bodied creatures, including some that are mainly beneficial like earthworms, and some caterpillars who become beautiful flying pollinators, when they go into butterfly stages.
I am only adding this, for ideas to think about, not saying anyone shouldn't use it. It definitely is better than many options.
Hurry, call @drifter to see that!Yep.....thank yee!
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