| It is now September and I am struggling to recall the last sighting of a slug. All summer I have grown Lettuce in a trough and have not had one bite taken from them. Likewise, the Hostas in the ground have escaped all year without damage. Whether my garden is home to a family of hedgehogs with the most voracious appetites and supreme scavenging skills or the dry(ish) summer has kept them at bay.
Each time I call my father in Pembrokeshire he enters into a long narration of his latest campaign against the demon slugs. Proof again that it always rains in Wales!
The only slimey plant munching fiends I have had to battle with this year are snails, and there were not too many of them either. I'm sure I will pay for this next year! |