I haven't gotten much path weeding done lately. Mostly because I've been busy as one of these
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Honeybee on Datura
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focused on finding and eliminating my burgeoning population of Aztec spurthroat grasshoppers.
In the meantime I hadn't noticed until this morning how very many of these were appearing.
Very,
very many.
Scrub snails (I think), mostly in and on the clumps of daisies. As the sun gets higher in the sky they retreat to the undersides of the leaves where they rest out of sight. But. I know they are there now. They can't run or hide.
And at least snails can't hop away. One or two morning sessions with...hmm. What
is the most efficient and yet most humane way to eradicate snails after you've plucked them out of your daisies? I'll do a bit of research on that and get back to you. Or if you have a tried and true method please let me know. Relocation? Perhaps letting them sink into oblivion in a beer bath?
In other less annoying news, now that the potted succulents are well established, I moved them out to the triangular bed behind the bench where they'll get more of the sun they love. Rearranging where pots go in the garden is easier than transplanting, and a lot easier to "undo" if the move doesn't seem to be working out. It is also a whole lot more pleasant than weeding the paths. Oh those paths. Keeping them weeded is the largest single project consistently "in progress" around here.
Optimistically, it shouldn't take me long to pluck up and dispatch the snails. That's the good news. Then I'll have no substitute "work" to use as procrastination for the path clearing. That's the not-so-good news.
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At least I won't suffer for lack of supervison.
