Dry and overcast again this morning. I’ve never been a big fan of humidity, but I was really hoping for some today.
Category Archives: Garden
Snail eradication (day 33).
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.
Snail eradication (day 32).
The pattern of dry, overcast mornings continues.
Not very satisfying weather for a gastropod hunter.
Snail eradication (day 31).
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.
Snail eradication (day 30).
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.
Is there an entomologist in the house?
I found this bug in the garden today, on my rainbow chard:
Snail eradication (day 29).
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.
Snail eradication (day 28).
Snail eradication (day 27).
Snail eradication (day 26).
We had another early-morning downpour (today at about 3 AM).
Thus, the half-hour of gastropod hunting was productive.