On snails! My little plants haven’t had a chance to really get going because it’s Winter, but the snails are still eating them!
I know that not all snails hibernate, but I thought that the regular garden variety would! I mean, I don’t usually see them around my little yard in the Winter… at least I don’t think I do…
They seem to go absolutely mental for garden mint, basil, and beans. Notice in the last post when I was talking about all the plants I had I didn’t mention beans? That’s because they ate the entire plant! There were three little stalks coming out of the dirt and there was just no getting the plant back during the Winter, I don’t think it would have come back after that no matter what season it was, really.
The garden mint is a voracious plant, seeming very healthy in spite of the nightly attacks by the snails, but the basil is going the way of the beans, in spite of my putting a ring of salt around the pot the herb is planted in. I’ve also found chunks missing from the tomato plant and the silver beet. Damn snails!
Snails don’t usually bother me, in fact I try very hard to not stand on them when it’s been raining and they’re all over the place. I usually care about the snails, but I can’t stand seeing my little garden be destroyed by their fat little chompings!
Did you know that snails can sleep for up the three or four years? That’s something to respect! There’s also been a snail stuck upside-down to the underside of the awning over my back steps for at least six months. That’s also impressive, I mean, why’s he there? Snails are hermaphrodites, so I can call him a ‘he’ and be pretty sure he is a he. 
Okay now for a knitting pattern… Hmmm, what shall it be… I know! If I wear this Snail Hat, perhaps I’ll be able to communicate with the snails and politely ask them to not eat my plants! This hat is so awesome!