Posted on 11/02/2005 9:00:09 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
Do they talk?
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Imagine that! I actually saw my first banana slug in the wild yesterday. I was out hiking through a preserve with redwoods that had about 100 years of regrowth.
Disappointing. Thought the article was about Bill & Hillary.
"Beloved???"
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As far as the Dr. Pepper, after any time on this forum, one should know better than to read anything with "Slug", etc in the title with anything in your mouth :)
"Oh wouldn't it be awful not to have those slimy trails all over every thing!"
I had no idea that global warming would adversely affect liberal politicians.
sink a bowl of beer in your flower beds and the slugs will drown themselves in it and leave your flowers alone.
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I've tried that and it works.
On the other hand, if climate changes would wipe out the slugs, I could have the beer all to myself. :)
Hey, that sounds like a plan. Where did I leave all of those aerosol cans?
Oh NO!!!! NOT SLUGS!!!!!
Please, God, say it ain't so!!!!!!!!
That's an old gardener's trick to get rid of slugs -- put shallow dishes of beer in the garden. They'll have a good time drowning themselves.
My husband's high school mascot (at an all-male boarding school) was the winged beaver. I thought that would be tough to beat for a bad team mascot -- but a banana slug? What kind of cheer would they have?
Slime it up! Slime it up! Go, team!
Their opponents can bring giant salt shakers to each game. Fabulous!
I always preferred dumping salt on them and watching them melt. Stupid treehugging liberal Californians - only they could love a slug so much they make it a school mascot.
But salting slugs used to be a favorite pastime of little boys everywhere. Nowadays, I suppose PETA would object, and school psychologists would be called. Oh, for the days when children could safely eat raw cookie dough, lick cake batter off of the spoon,and salt slugs without fear.
Isn't it fun to pee on slugs?
The city of Elma, WA holds annual Slug Races (you have'nt lived until you see a photo finish!). This spells doom for the city.
Keep 'em comin, GreenieFreep! It's like a laff a minute!!!
Thanks for the laugh!
In that photograph is a pretty typical collection of non-native plant species! Chickweed (Stellaria media), catchweed bedstraw (Galium aparine), Oxalis albicans (which is mildly toxic), and what could be (but I'm not sure) Field Hedge Parsley (Torlis arvensis). The only native plant on the upper left is Pacific Sanicle (Sanicula crassicaulis) which is outright poisonous (but does smell kind of nice when you pull it).
Yep, you have to know the weeds from the natives even at the juvenile stage or you'll never have time to get them all before they breed. They're also a lot easier to see when there is less growth at the beginning of the season.
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