Snails In The Garden
I was looking through my photos today of the garden over summer and autumn and came across this one of a snail. It's not really cute and certainly not cuddly but it is fascinating and a part of the garden and it does live there....quite happily. Now snails are not generally on a gardener's top most wanted visitors list! However as a life form and a part of nature I respect them. Yes, I do have some choice words for them when they eat all my marigolds as they did this year and when they and their slug friends eat holes in my plant's leaves, but they are a part of the gardens rich tapestry. I accept it. I also do feel that some of their shells are quite pretty and when they pop their heads out they can really be quite cute :) Also somewhat morbidly I know, if there are snails in my garden it is helping the survival of the Thrush bird who eats snails and the hedgehog who is partial to a snail in the diet, both creatures who are not doing so well in nature at present. ...