Imagine my surprise when I read this.
https://www.countryliving.com/uk/homes-interiors/gardens/a39606324/slug-pellets-banned-uk/
Nothing in the press or on TV, just ” banned”. I thought it was an April Fool, but no, it’s really real.
Now, I’m not much of a gardener, benign neglect seems to work. I don’t bother them and they don’t bother me.
My front gardens lovely ( stop sniggering) but all I do is remove the cat shit and lop the twiggy bits off every so often. The back is mainly grass and a few pots which Sis sorts on her weekly visits, but the side return has a couple of plants, put there by my late partner, and a slug magnet.
If I can’t put the blue pellets down, what do I do? Advice on line is put a piece of cardboard down, slugs and snails go under it for shade, then lift it and dispose. How? And, who wants shitty bits of cardboard all over?
Maybe I should buy a flamethrower.
Nominated by: Jeezum Priest




