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.
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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:
Snail eradication (day 13).
Another cool, dewy morning today as I went out to pick gastropods. The wet grass brushing against my bare legs got at least some of that moisture from the slugs stretched along the blades.
Tomorrow morning I’m going to remember to put on jeans before I go out snailing.
Snail eradication (day 12).
It didn’t end up raining yesterday (so I didn’t get a chance to test my dedication to snailing by snailing in the rain). Today dawned cold and dewy.
Which meant I knew I was going to get some gastropod action.
Snail eradication (day 11).
This morning was cool, overcast, and very dry. There was no discernible dew on the grass.
In other words, not conditions in which the gastropods come out to play.
Snail eradication (day 10).
This was another cool, dewy morning following on the heels of a blazing hot day.
In other words, good snailing weather.
Snail eradication (day 9).
Yesterday was a super-hot day, and this morning was cool and dewy. Later, though, we’re expecting temperatures higher than yesterday’s.
So the gastropods were out enjoying the break in the heat while it lasted.