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0 pointsgreen7ea10y ago0 comments

If it's a possibility, you may want to look into ducks for your snail problem. The ducks will keep the snail population low enough that it won't be a problem.

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hutzlibu10y ago· 3 in thread

Well, I also heard storys from people where the ducks ate the salad and not the snails ... but also more successfull ones.

But unfortunately ducks are not an option, even though I also would love their eggs.

Loughla10y ago

Ducks will also drill you nice little holes after they've eaten your green plants, so anyone who says just get ducks isn't telling the entire truth. Same with chickens. Same with guineas. Same with turkeys. Same with geese.

They'll always eat part of your harvest.

Side-note, duck eggs are great for baked goods. Nice, fluffy cakes and brownies. But fried they're a little gross.

MustardTiger10y ago

You can't generalize "ducks". Different breeds behave very differently. The problem is someone saying "get ducks", rather than "get runners", so someone goes and gets whatever random ducks they find and of course they eat the garden. Or getting ducks and not having a pond even!

zardo10y ago

Then you get snakes to control the ducks.

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