Re: Quiet (maybe??)

LOL - we only get them during periods when we are getting rain - so most of
the time they are no problem.  When we do, I pick them up w/ a trowel and
fling them into the lot next door where the birdies eagerly gobble them up.
Good birdies.  Vile looking creatures I'll admit.  Ugh.

On 7/25/08, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> We got big ones here. 2 inches, I'd guess, sometimes longer.  I don't have
> time to completely obliterate them, so I wondered if they could survive the
> way worms do when part of them gets removed.  When possible, I will throw
> them onto the sidewalk for a waiting bird or, failing that, toss them in the
> trash if it's close by, but if those avenues are unavailable, I'll squish.
> Or sometimes, if I'm just really mad at them, I will go for obliteration,
> no half measures.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <islandjim1@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 9:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Quiet (maybe??)
>
>
>  How do you "half squish" a slug?
>>
>> On Jul 24, 2008, at 8:02 PM, Kitty wrote:
>>
>> if you half squish a slug, does it die or can it rejuvenate itself
>>> somehow?
>>>
>>> Kitty
>>> neIN, Zone 5
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <
>>> islandjim1@comcast.net
>>> >
>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:41 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Quiet (maybe??)
>>>
>>>
>>> I've been fiddling with my new irrigation lines. How exciting is  that,
>>>> sports fans? Not much else going on. Squashes now have male  flowers, but no
>>>> females yet. Got green cherry tomatoes. Got one  jalapeno about the size of
>>>> a thimble and a few more blooms. Beans  are going to town, but no blooms
>>>> yet. Planted the second crop of  bok choy on Sunday [first crop is nearly
>>>> all gone] and will plant  the third in a couple of weeks, then no more until
>>>> fall. It's  probably time to start fall greens, too, but I'm not sure where
>>>> to  plant them... maybe among the bush beans.
>>>>
>>>> My sister made currant-raspberry jelly this AM--delicious--and  there's
>>>> still enough juice in the freezer for another batch.
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 24, 2008, at 1:22 PM, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CG/ SCSRT
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Everyone in summer hibernation maybe? I don't have anything to say
>>>>> except that it's hot, and I have too many zucchini. Probably  won't
>>>>> have
>>>>> anything but that for another month!
>>>>>
>>>>> Cyndi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]  On
>>>>> Behalf Of james singer
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:55 PM
>>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Quiet (maybe??)
>>>>>
>>>>> It's been quiet.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 24, 2008, at 12:47 PM, cathy carpenter wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Have not had any messages today. May be having trouble with my
>>>>>> internet provider. Have you guys been sending today?
>>>>>> cathy carpenter
>>>>>> west central IL, z5b
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>>>> Island Jim
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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