tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991056909531844827.post4782959789945842557..comments2023-10-10T04:12:32.302-07:00Comments on Weed Whackin' Wenches: Flora and Fauna (of the creepy crawly kind)Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864042359805755661noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991056909531844827.post-59178093606544886852009-02-16T06:27:00.000-08:002009-02-16T06:27:00.000-08:00Your snail appears to be Monadenia fidelis, the Pa...Your snail appears to be <I>Monadenia fidelis</I>, the Pacific Sideband. It's native to the Pacific Northwest, has a beautiful shell, and can get quite large. I haven't been able to confirm this but if it is like most native molluscs it is quite harmless in the garden. (The slugs and snails that cause so much damage in the garden are all non-natives that were introduced on imported produce.) WhenWild Florahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879469366372645504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991056909531844827.post-32090168930944675712008-08-29T23:59:00.000-07:002008-08-29T23:59:00.000-07:00We have been inundated with snails due to our awfu...We have been inundated with snails due to our awful weather! Apparently the news said it had been the best breeding year for snails for a long time. Now that is worrying!Libbys Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06537936739037961388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991056909531844827.post-56902594211701176212008-08-29T17:17:00.000-07:002008-08-29T17:17:00.000-07:00I love to eat escargot(snails) in garlic butter:)-...I love to eat escargot<BR/>(snails) in garlic butter:)<BR/>-Cheers from Canada.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991056909531844827.post-22650955772220439072008-08-28T22:16:00.000-07:002008-08-28T22:16:00.000-07:00Hi Karen! Great to meet another Seattle blogger! G...Hi Karen! Great to meet another Seattle blogger! Grasshoppers will eat anything green. They can do plenty of damage--think locust plagues.<BR/><BR/>Hi OFB. Yeah, I don't recall snails or slugs while growing up on the east coast. The hollyhock was in a "Country Romance" seed packet--mostly light and dark pinks and then this really dark one. Isn't it gorgeous?<BR/><BR/>He rollled quite a ways Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12864042359805755661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991056909531844827.post-35242749164117892002008-08-26T07:51:00.000-07:002008-08-26T07:51:00.000-07:00How nice to see a hollyhock. They are such an Engl...How nice to see a hollyhock. They are such an English cottage garden flower. Have you ever noticed how many of them are in Victoria, compared to here? I think it is a cutural difference, though it may be partly due to their drier weather.<BR/>I like the snail too. So much more appealing with a shell...<BR/>-JeanSafi Craftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359540495285141283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991056909531844827.post-10655793911908184932008-08-25T10:51:00.000-07:002008-08-25T10:51:00.000-07:00You two are so fun! In several years, the snail wi...You two are so fun! In several years, the snail will make it back up the hill;) You garden looks grand and I did notice the good dirt in the background. I bet we are the only people who look at the dirt as much as we look at the flowers. We know that's where the real work is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991056909531844827.post-37086746372592917582008-08-24T17:34:00.000-07:002008-08-24T17:34:00.000-07:00Well, all the snail got was a rolling tour - becau...Well, all the snail got was a rolling tour - because he was neatly encased in that shell. But, WWWenches, I know what you Seattle people do when there's no shell...Ann Lovejoy wrote about her Slug Boots years ago! <BR/><BR/>Annie at the Transplantable RoseAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991056909531844827.post-60070675739698415122008-08-24T16:38:00.000-07:002008-08-24T16:38:00.000-07:00"rolling tour" snicker snicker."rolling tour" snicker snicker.Aunt Debbi/kurts momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05663049154538571378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991056909531844827.post-79589555859606384822008-08-24T13:40:00.000-07:002008-08-24T13:40:00.000-07:00I hope Mr. Snail enjoyed his roller coaster ride/n...I hope Mr. Snail enjoyed his roller coaster ride/neighborhood tour!garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991056909531844827.post-32193893613511809092008-08-24T06:19:00.000-07:002008-08-24T06:19:00.000-07:00Whoa, what do you mean, "the ugly"?!! That snail i...Whoa, what do you mean, "the ugly"?!! That snail is magnificent! Too bad we don't have snails like that around here to I could add them to my shell collection! Gorgeous hollyhock, by the way. Which one is it? I want it!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991056909531844827.post-50768008385487683662008-08-23T22:36:00.000-07:002008-08-23T22:36:00.000-07:00Ewwwwww! I think that snail maybe crawled over fro...Ewwwwww! I think that snail maybe crawled over from my garden (in NE Seattle). I can't bring myself to squash the big ones. What do grasshoppers do that is bad? I have just started seeing them in my garden this week, never before.<BR/><BR/>- Karen<BR/>http://greenwalks.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com