sarasquares

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i have 2 and a half pairs of pigeons and a pair of magpies in my garden...who ate my cabbages?

i planted 12 and all the middles were eaten in a morning. the birds have always nested in the garden next door. am i allowed to get rid of them (not the magpies)and how?

plus, does anyone have a tried and tested method for getting rid of snails?

i have tried pellets and stuff but the rain means you have to constantly re do it, any ideas?

thanks

scoobyfirst

Pallets attract the snails aswell. Snails aren't supposed to like eggshells and then theres salt that they hate too.
Magpies i'm not sue about, maybe a scarecow or a few cats.

sarasquares

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i was wondering if they would climb over some hairy twine if i tied it round containers. someone mentioned copper wire too. i have to be careful not to use anything toxic that will harm plant life.
do snails have memories?

Bubba po

Well I came across a HUGE snail on my path last summer. I'm sick of my plants getting chewed so I picked it up and whanged it as far as I could. Weird thing was, about three weeks later it was back on my path again! It looked up at me reproachfully and said "what did you do that for?"

sarasquares

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i must throw my snails harder than you as ive not seen one come back nekid before

i go out looking for them in the mornings, its becoming an obsession.
i could kill the snails and feed them to the pigeons

AndyC_772

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Hint: snails conduct electricity

The Great Little Electric Fencing Co. - Home of SnailAway

(Come to think of it, so do pigeons if the voltage is high enough... )

sarasquares

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great idea if you only have one pot

M444GY

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pigeons = baking soda+bread= exploding pigeon

snails . i use salt

Gutmann pug

12 bore should sort the birds out. ''They don't like it up um captain Manering''

Dunk

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The French ? A couple of exchange students would soon mange them.

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Mark A

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I suggest a 12 bore, may be overkill on the snails but they deserve it if they eat all your cabbages.

A man has a right to project his home, family & cabbages

finalzero

Air Rifle or Catapult and a large sledgehammer

little-ginge

Chap down the road used to shoot the magpies with his airgun... then he used to hang the carcass in the garden to deter the partner of said dead magpie

little-ginge

as for the slimey little pests, i know that slugs like yeast so some gardeners shallowly bury little dishes of beer .. the slugs are then attracted and drown themselves...
might work for slugs with houses

gotmashed

beer works with snails just the same as slugs. Or you could get yourself a duck lol they seem to like them lol

r32

Seems a bit of a waste! Either way, a nice glass of beer with Duck a l'orange. Then buy your cabbages or whatever from Tesco.

NotoriousREV

If you can train the pigeons to eat the snails and then feed the snails some pigeon poison you'll be sorted.

SJ_Skyline

A couple of well-placed landmines will do the trick

scoob_babe

Sara and landmines....are you trying to obliterate the county off the map

dpb

its obvious really. and itll give her summat to do

ChrisB

Sorted our snail problem last summer - go out after dark (especially if it's damp or raining) with a torch and just pick up all the buggers up. Bung 'em in a carrier bag and jump on them. Two nights of doing that and no more plant eating problems for a few months - I think we got over 200 snails and our garden isn't that big. Same again this year I think - the neighbours will think we've lost the plot again

dpb

all that protein down the drain

scoob_babe

You had a plot to begin with ?????????

ChrisB

Can I answer that after 4 1/2 hours running round the Brecon Beacons in a few weeks time?

Jamie

What are you doing apart from running around in brecon chris ? as for the snails send the horses in!

Leslie

Worth a try to get the pigeons to eat the snails!

Les

ChrisB

SJ_Skyline and myself do some adventure racing. The Breacon Beacons is our first race of the year, so it's 5 hours of XC running and mountain biking trying to hit as many checkpoints (CPs) as possible in that time. The CPs furthest from the start (or up the biggest hills) have the highest value. We've ditched the kayaking option this year as neither of us can paddle to save our lives