European Gardening: What's occuring in the backyard?, 1 by Patbarr

Patbarr wrote:
And here is one of my little helpers. There were lots of frogs out last night too. I must have caught over 1,000 slugs this week. I'm trying not to get obsessed with them. I think "I won't have a slug hunt tonight" and then start imagining them munching through all my seedlings and have to check them out. I caught a dozen this afternoon on my newly transplanted lettuce. When you see the size of some of the larger ones its scary to think how many seedlings they could eat in a night, and I can't imagine a hedgehog or frog large enough to try to eat a slug that size.

Sorry you've got spinal problems Baa. I've got cervical spondylosis and some damage from an accident a few years ago, but I tend to do things any way and then suffer for a few days afterwards. I know I shouldn't lift anything heavy, but I'm impatient and if my partner or son don't do things when I ask them I end up lugging things about myself. I don't think they realise how painful it is.

Enough moaning. I've planted two new geraniums in the border I cleared, one is Ann Folkard (I can't remember how to spell it) and and other one has no label but has a lovely dark burgundy coloured leaf. They were more purchases from the show last week. I've planted nearly everything now except for a few alpines which are waiting until I have tackled a section of rockery which has been invaded by clover. I know it isn't organic, but I'm contemplating using glyphosate on it as it's impossible to dig out.