Don't Be Beastly to Slugs, They're Just Snails with Bad Pr ; As Gardeners Brace Themselves for a Slimy Summer Invasion ...

Daily MailJune 19, 2008

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THEY are coming. Slippery, slimy, encased in an unenticing coat of mucus and gore poised to cause the hearts of Britain's gardeners to sink.

According to horticultural experts, this country is poised for an invasion of slugs, their cold, fat bodies geared up for a summer of unrelenting carnage in our vegetable plots and flower beds.

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Don't Be Beastly to Slugs, They're Just Snails with Bad Pr ; As Gardeners Brace Themselves for a Slimy Summer Invasion ...

A warm and damp spring has provided ideal conditions for these loathed molluscs to breed and to thrive, creating the stuff of gardeners' nightmares.

It is tempting to wonder what on earth Mother Nature was thinking when she came up with this most unappealing of creatures. In terms of PR, slugs seem to have almost zero going for them.

Slow, ap...

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