This morning was overcast, cool, and dry.
But, as it wasn’t a school day, I was determined to get some gastropod action.
Category Archives: Critters
Snail eradication (day 21).
This morning was dry and cool and overcast, so the pickings were slim.
Snail eradication (day 20).
Another morning, another gastropod foray.
News, both happy and wistful.
The happy news and the wistful news concern separate matters, though.
First, the happy news:
Snail eradication (day 19).
This morning, like yesterday morning, was sunny and dewy, and just a little bit chilly.
Good snailing weather.
Actually, though, given recent gastropod ratios during my morning forays, it might be more accurate to call it slugging rather than snailing. Except that slugging already has a meaning.
Snail eradication (day 18).
Finally, a morning that dawned clear, cool, and moist.
Tired of being holed up wherever it is they hole up during the dry weather, the gastropods came out to play.
Snail eradication (day 17).
This morning, once again, was dry and overcast, although not as cold as it has been.
Because I know this is low-yield gastropod-picking weather, I went right to the most likely locations: the bottom of the watering can and the new snail and slug shelters.
Snail eradication (day 16).
Another slow morning for snail picking.
Snail eradication (day 15).
This morning I slept in. But once I woke up, I had to patrol for gastropods.
Snail eradication (day 14).
This morning was relatively warm and fairly dry.
If you’ve been following the details of my campaign to control the back yard gastropod population, you know what that means: