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Snail eradication (day 34).

Posted on June 11, 2009June 11, 2009 by admin

Dry and overcast again this morning. I’ve never been a big fan of humidity, but I was really hoping for some today.

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Snail eradication (day 33).

Posted on June 10, 2009June 10, 2009 by admin

Well, it was another dry morning in the back yard. And I was sufficiently busy with other stuff yesterday afternoon that I did not have a chance to set up any beery gastropod watering holes.

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Snail eradication (day 32).

Posted on June 9, 2009June 9, 2009 by admin

The pattern of dry, overcast mornings continues.
Not very satisfying weather for a gastropod hunter.

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Snail eradication (day 31).

Posted on June 8, 2009June 8, 2009 by admin

Yet another dry, overcast morning. Not the kind of weather when one feels like sliding on one’s foot across scratchy leaves or stems.
At least if one is a snail or slug.

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Snail eradication (day 30).

Posted on June 7, 2009June 7, 2009 by admin

Despite the threatening skies yesterday morning, it did not rain. And, it was pretty dry this morning.
Accordingly, the gastropods seemed to have better things to do than sliding along the dry surfaces of my plants, meal or no meal.

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Is there an entomologist in the house?

Posted on June 6, 2009June 6, 2009 by admin

I found this bug in the garden today, on my rainbow chard:

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Snail eradication (day 29).

Posted on June 6, 2009June 6, 2009 by admin

This morning it was dewy and clear as I went on patrol for gastropods. By the time I was done patrolling, clouds had rolled in and there was no sun at all.
Tut, tut. It looks like rain.

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Snail eradication (day 28).

Posted on June 5, 2009June 5, 2009 by admin

The morning was dry, but the skies were not overcast, and I think the air temperature was a bit warmer than yesterday morning.
That, plus the two rainfalls earlier this week, seems to have changed things up.
Because today, there were babies.

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Snail eradication (day 27).

Posted on June 4, 2009June 4, 2009 by admin

Unlike Tuesday and Wednesday, today there was no early-morning rainfall.

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Snail eradication (day 26).

Posted on June 3, 2009June 3, 2009 by admin

We had another early-morning downpour (today at about 3 AM).
Thus, the half-hour of gastropod hunting was productive.

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