Comments on: Gastropub

By: Plague of slugs. « People Powered

Plague of slugs. « People Powered — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 09:02:43 +0000

[...] Town Mouse has passed on a method for making traps which seem to work: the second night we found sixteen very dead slugs, and no plants [...]

By: 2009: the Year in Numbers « Town Mouse

2009: the Year in Numbers « Town Mouse — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:32:50 +0000

[...] of slugs killed: you know, I did consider keep track of this, but in the end common sense [...]

By: Gone to Seed « Town Mouse

Gone to Seed « Town Mouse — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:05:59 +0000

[...] apart from the slug wars (several dozen molluscs down, several million to go), the main problem has been things simply not [...]

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:30:56 +0000

Is that a pun – like gastropod gastropub. Very good.

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:11:40 +0000

I wish…

By: 2whls3spds

2whls3spds — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:00:50 +0000

Ok St Patrick (or is that St Patricia)…going to rid Scotland of Slugs. LOL

Aaron

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Wed, 06 May 2009 08:01:12 +0000

John – just remember to take the slugs out first
Aaron – salt’s not so good for the soil though, so you can’t then compost them. Or for the chickens, for that matter.

Got about a dozen last night, hoping for a new high score this morning

By: 2whls3spds

2whls3spds — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:35:25 +0000

Salt works on them too…sprinkle it on them and it dries them out.

Aaron

By: john

john — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:48:32 +0000

I must try this myself, it looks like you could make a good nourishing drink.
John

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:17:02 +0000

Flighty – sorry! I suppose it is a bit gruesome
Magicroundabout – I haven’t done any comparisons on their preferences, but this is certainly the cheapest option