SlugFest

[Colin Miles]

Last midnight as I came in from a night of viewing the Stars I couldn't help noticing the slugs. I have a large lawn which used to be a field and the whole place was absolutely crawling with them. Never have I seen so many. It would need an army of hedgehogs, ducks and fowl to get rid of them. Small wonder the veg suffer so much. I have to keep topping up the slug-bait otherwise nothing survives.

[Primrose]

Lawns are an ideal place for slugs at the moment because they're starting to become very moist with condensation overnight with the cooling temperatures. If you've got a large area, then I suppose it's impossible to do the late night patrols with a torch and a bucket of water.