Bill, the little slimeys were eating (and thereby killing) my plants, among them succulents and my beloved roses. They love the climate here and run around all year 'round eating anything they can. Their harm far outweighs any possible good, and I can't think of any off hand. (Except the ones from France, which are delicious in garlic butter and brioche. What they do to the plants in France is their problem, not mine). I also put a systemic fertilizer and pesticide on my roses to prevent aphids, etc. They can be part of someone else's ecosystem, not mine. The bugs of this world have an edge on us humans: shear numbers, the over-powering, countless bazillions of them. I believe someday this world will be inherited by them. Jan G. ----Original Message Follows---- From: Wild bill <farnorth-ak@gci.net> Reply-To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BSChat] Re: Meds Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 10:28:07 -0500 "J. Garland" wrote: > > Will also kill the salt-intolerant plants. And it can be difficult to leach > out of the soil. > > For snails and slugs, Costco sells a big box of (I love this name) Snail > Death. I had no idea we had so many snails until I found their empty shells. > > Jan G. Why in the world would you want to kill snails and slugs. They are part of are enviroment and do more good then harm. Personally I don't kill any living being. Every thing has a reason for being here and a right to live. Granted I wouldn't let them invade my living space, but outdoors I let them be. -- Wild Bill, North Pole, Alaska Life is what happens to you while you're making other plans. ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Blacksheep-Chat-L@rootsweb.com is a wide spectrum Chat List, Topics allowed are almost anything.restrictions are: Political discussion, religious prosylitizing, and aggressive behavior, any of these topics will result in restricted priveleges. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com