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Does anyone know how slugs survive the frost and snow??
Does anyone know how slugs survive the frost and snow??
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Hopefully to heaven/the afterlife/whatever you believe in
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They move into our kitchen
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Snow is a warmer cover than frost!"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
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The hide in my Hosta waiting to strike as soon as new growth begins
Endeavour to have lived, so that when you die, even the undertaker will be sorry - Puddinghead Wilson's Diary
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Some of those facts I would prefer not to have known
A slug can stretch 20 times its length & the average garden has over 20,000 slugs and snails. Makes you wonder why you bother trying to fight them
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Probably in your compost or manure heap the middle of these will rarely freeze.Originally posted by Lando View PostThe river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
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Because us growers love a challenge.............Originally posted by veggiechicken View PostSome of those facts I would prefer not to have known A slug can stretch 20 times its length & the average garden has over 20,000 slugs and snails. Makes you wonder why you bother trying to fight them
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....and some of us are completely Nuts
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They go on holiday to warmer climes(hitch a ride with the swallows
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The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
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I think, BW that they may also breed here - just something my Mummy told me when she explained about the Birds and the Slugs
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That sort of thing took a long time to sink in with meOriginally posted by veggiechicken View PostI think, BW that they may also breed here - just something my Mummy told me when she explained about the Birds and the Slugs
The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
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I only learnt about birds and slugs - probably explains why I don't have kids
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Me to I inherited mine when Madderbat moved in with me ten years ago.The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
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