A Fine Lacey Kale!

Ho, ho, ho
He, he, he
Little brown slug
Do I love thee!

That wets the appetite!

Hehehe...luv the song!
A few wks back I plant about 200 ft of kale in our Fall/Winter garden. So Good!!! And the slugs (not that I ever really see many here) don't mess with it...must be the cool weathers. (I do get trubbles out of grasshoppers/leafhoppers tho, but they don't do as purty a job as your slugs do, Weezin!)

Yes, PoppySue Sure looks yummy, doesn't it!

Horseshoe: I don't think cool weather bothers them... in fact they hide out during our warm spells and come out to feed when it's cool and wet. This spring, one crawled out from under the straw mulch on my south bed when the snow was still on the ground. Slugs are our main nemesis here in Seward. We get aphids once in awhile, some root maggots on our cole crops, some cutworms, and a few thrips, but nothing can level a garden like slugs!

Man! So hard for people to combat slugs then, isn't it. I guess I'm lucky, I just don't have the number of slugs many people have. Maybe it's cuz I let the ducks roam around from time to time. And the guineas.

I posted the following link in another thread sometime back. Don't know if you saw it then. It has some pretty good facts and "cures" for slugs. Check it out!http://ghorganics.com/page13.html

It is definately the fowls that control them Shoe! They just love them! So maybe Weezingreens should pack them up a care package and send it to your birds ;~}

Cool Zany! I'd luv some of "Weezin's Alaskan Slugs"!...Sounds like good food to me! er, maybe to my ducks.
However, Weezin', if'n you'd like to try it first, then give us all a critique, I'd be interested in hearing what you think of this dish! http://www.bertc.com/slug_fritters.htm

I think Zany has that wrong... why don't you just ship me up some guineas! Then I could bake the guineas after a good feed of slugs. I wouldn't even have to stuff them... sorta like escargot dressing!

Lord o' Mercy, Horseshoe. I checked out your links, and intend to spend some more time on the slug facts, but that recipe for fritters is amazing! I have to admit I've gazed at a few of the plumper juicier little fellows and wondered... if I were reeeeeeealy reeeeeealy hungry and I had suffered from some sort of stroke... would I sautee these babies? After all, they're kale fed and plump as a partridge.....hummmmmm.

Hehehe....ain't nuttin but grins here! Lemme know how they taste! (Don't forget to brush after meals!)

Horseshoe: We've finally got a couple days of nice weather, so I may go out and hunt the elusive Alaska slug to get the freezer full before winter. Would you suggest I par-boil 'em first, or just freeze 'em up?

I considered placing them on wax paper on a cookie sheet to freeze first so that they wouldn't stick together. That way, this winter, when the snow is three feet deep, I can ask Dennis, "How many slugs do you want for dinner tonight?"

Now, if I could just convince some foreign country that these slugs are aphrodisiacs, I'd put 'em in the dehydrator and advertise on Ebay!

I'm just glad I haven't had lunch yet - EWWWWWWWW! Especially the slug-stuffed fowl! (*grin*)

Redd Fox used to tell a story about his wife's cooking. He said she baked an eagle, and he asked her what she had stuffed it with. She replied, "Nothing, it wasn't empty!"

LOL Weezin! I don't think you need to call the aphrodisiacs to sell them on Ebay! Just advertise them as the finest lace makers for the garden and they should sell like hotcakes!

I think you have a good point there, Zany. A friend pointed out to me that the young leaves of the Alchemilla mollis (lady's mantle) are accordian pleated before they open. When a slug dines on them, they open with interesting snowflake patterns. Perhaps I could sell the slugs as artists... people have dogs and cats that sell paintings... why not pressed alchemilla leaves framed and ready to ship!

The sad truth is that they would probably be a great hit! Just remember to have a starting bid that is worthy of these one of a kind original masterpieces. Priced too low they will not be percieved as worthy purchases so you need to start the bidding at at least $5000.00 (plus shipping, handling and insurance of course!)

One should have names for the slugs, and list their eccentricities... "Dorian always dines on a breakfast of fresh kale before beginning an art piece. His lastest masterpiece, 'Feast of the Invertebrates' features his representation of the cosmic swirl of all flora consumed over the centuries. Bidding will begin at $5, 500."

That sounds perfect! Go for it! Just remember your friends here when you make it rich!

We've been thinking about getting some chickens and other fowl, but I would hesitate to do so now, since they eat slugs... I could own the goose that ate the golden slug!

Not a problem! Just let the goose paint it's droppings on a canvas and up the price to $10,000.00!

"Winning bid also receives a 4 oz sprinkling of "Dorian Frass" to add ambiance to this rare work of art." ô¿-

LOL Shoe! The bids will be rolling in!

You know, I think we could hire on as the Dave's Garden Spin Doctors! We've done a whole lot of wheeling and dealing, and big money has zoomed to and fro. Look out, Donald Trump!