Manorbier Castle grounds

Manorbier Castle grounds
Castle Garden

Sunday, 10 July 2011

The snails sneaked in

As I was out on my usual Sunday morning run I began to allow my mind to wonder. I actually thought that writing a blog is so indulgant. How could I imagine that anyone out there is interested in my gardening murmurings. I was running well in my new rocklite trainers, some bearded guy commented on how well I was running, I met another guy who just said "well Hellooooo".  My attention was completely taken away from my thoughts, my murmurings to myself had been totally interrupted, however I quickly became indulgant once again. I realised my focus for attention was wholly on the Wedding Bed and Slug Control in my last posts. I had completely forgotten what was going on in my veggie patch. As soon as I returned home I looked closely at what was going on.
I have grown some different vegetables this year Rainbow Chard some leaves looking like doylies, Salisfy and something called Salsola which is the land version of seaweed! I never tried the latter before so I will await in anticipation. I always grow potatoes, probably something to do with my land of origin, Courgettes, Romanesque and Goldrush they are the nicest I have tasted and not forgetting Queensland Blue Squash. I noticed for starters one cougette plant had disappeared. Just the stem remained, then I noticed the culprits.... Snails, the veg patch did not get  many beer stations, I focused all my attention on the Wedding Bed. These snails are now laying eggs deep into the soil producing a new generation. I am not certain whether snails are more clever than slugs and avoid falling for the beer trap or maybe they just avoid having a nice time in my Glastonbury Garden.

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Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom
Gardening is my passion. My daughter has asked me to grow some of the flowers for her wedding day. Writing about my gardening helps me to stay focused and encouraged.