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Re: Doreen's Brandy/Eradication of Snails

WOW, Doreen, if you'd breed her and she passed on this WONDERFUL genetic
trait, you'd be richer than B. Gates in no time!       8 )
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The earth is the LORD'S and the fulness thereof!
Amy of Marvelous Gardens
delicious design in landscape
zone 22 or 10 and holding
Orange County Calif
http://members.ecom.net/~jimandmissi/marvelous/
marvlusgrdns@ecom.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Doreen Howard <doreen@tgn.net>
To: sqft@lists.umsl.edu <sqft@lists.umsl.edu>
Cc: lonrom@hevanet.com;wphollo@mastnet.net;;;;;
<lonrom@hevanet.com;wphollo@mastnet.net;;;;;>
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 1998 8:06 PM
Subject: Organic Eradication of Snails


>Hi All,
>I just had to share this with everyone who is hard at work
>planting their garden upon which the slugs and snails will
>feast.  I heard my dog (the infamous Brandy, who is half
>Mexican red wolf) out in the garden, and she was snorting.
>So I went out to see what was her problem.  What I found
>was either a less than pretty sight or a gift, depending on
>your point of view and revolution threshold.  She was laying in the middle
>of the mint and strawberries, and she pulling snails from under the foliage
>with her front paws.  I watched as she smashed a shell against the cinder
>block border to the bed and then sucked out the tiny
>snail.  She ATE IT!!!  Then, she went after more!!!  I had
>wondered why she was spending most of her evenings in
>my garden--even after dark.  And I sort of wondered (not
>really, but it did cross my mind once or twice) why the
>snails hadn't been so active this spring.  Yes, she's for
>rent--provided you pay the airfare and give her a bath
>before she comes home!  I think she requires butter, garlic
>and an ocassional dog biscuit, too.
>Doreen
>
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