Whales, Snails and Tropical gardens

The weather has been a little crazy here of late – the fattest rain drops in showers that come and go with with a moments notice and disappear as quickly as they came, leaving behind a sea of muddy puddles.  Then when its not doing that it’s frosty.  Apparently there were the most spectacular hail storms today.  But not where we are.  Just a lovely … Continue reading Whales, Snails and Tropical gardens

We ate snails

I have discovered a perfectly good way to deal with the snails in my garden – serve them up on a plate.  Um…  Yeah… maybe.  When someone else does it for you and they are barely recognisable from the slimy gastropods running rampant through a damp spring garden, and covered in a rich delicious garlic sauce then they are quite delightful.  Although I’m not entire … Continue reading We ate snails