Re: off subject- Banana slugs
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: off subject- Banana slugs
- From: s*@aristotle.net (J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey)
- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 09:53:44 -0700 (MST)
Karin asks:
>Has anyone on this list used ducks or geese to keep
>slugs and snails down? How are they as garden residents?
We had geese in our home garden when I was a child. What they didn't kill
by tearing at it with their sharp bills they ruined with their wild
stomping. I think this is why duck and goose wallows around lakes are mud
wallows. Chickens, now, chickens are better, provided you don't keep too
many.
celia
storey@aristotle.net USDA Zone 7b, where things are sprouting ... including
the fungal rots!
Little Rock, AR annual rainfall 49+inches
average relative humity at 6 a.m. year-round, 84%
