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  • #1

    Wondered why no slugs

    Since starting down at the lottie I've never found many slugs

    Went down early today, as I want to watch the cricket later, I found THREE slow worms on my plot I guess they live under the shed or compost during the day

    Just had to share,and no you cant have them they're mine all mine
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    you're very lucky ... I used to have them down in Worthing, but none at all up here in Norfolk
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      How beautiful, and what a brilliant form of slug control.

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      • #4
        Slugs not too bad on the lottie, I've got frogs down there. But in the back garden I've loads of slugs and snails.

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        • #5
          We had 3 slow worms or grass snakes in the garden last year, and a frog. Have not seen any sign of them this year. Our slugs however have increased and are large !! methinks the slugs may have eaten the worms!
          BumbleB

          I have raked the soil and planted the seeds
          Now I've joined the army that fights the weeds.

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          • #6
            Oooh I see these all the time on Leith Hill. Do you think they'll mind being kidnapped?

            *wanders off to research slow-worm accommodation*

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            • #7
              I have a wild area at he end of my lottie ( I'm always being told to have a clear up by the committee ) but it is a haven for slow worms and there are loads down there. I also found a nice sized toad making it's way across the cabbage patch yesterday.

              Ian

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              • #8
                Originally posted by gojiberry View Post
                I have a wild area at he end of my lottie ( I'm always being told to have a clear up by the committee ) but it is a haven for slow worms and there are loads down there. I also found a nice sized toad making it's way across the cabbage patch yesterday.

                Ian
                Point this out to your committee:

                Conservation status
                Slow worms are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 from being killed, injured or sold and are less common than they used to be.

                “If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.”

                "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Ralph Waldo Emerson

                Charles Churchill : A dog will look up on you; a cat will look down on you; however, a pig will see you eye to eye and know it has found an equal
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                • #9
                  we have toads on our allotment so slugs are not too much of a problem. Our biggest issue is birds - since the sparrowhawk moved away/died we seem to have a huge fat pidgen problem.
                  We plant the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed - Neil, The Young Ones

                  http://countersthorpeallotment.blogspot.com/
                  Updated 21st July - please take a look

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Lavenderblue View Post
                    we have toads on our allotment so slugs are not too much of a problem. Our biggest issue is birds - since the sparrowhawk moved away/died we seem to have a huge fat pidgen problem.
                    Hi

                    On our site in Leicester, pigeons are a real problem. One plot holder has erected a pole with a plastic full size eagle owl sitting on the top - says its been brilliant and he hasn't been affected by birds at all! Perhaps thats the answer
                    Artificial Intelligence usually beats real stupidity

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