Helix Aspersa

The sun finally made a appearance this afternoon after some really dismal grey days and wet weather for the best part of two weeks. I gauge time by the number of days we haven`t been able to visit the beach chalet but that`s another story.
So it was off to the plot to catch up not having visited for over a week due to the weather.
First thoughts on arrival were, the plants have grown but then so have the weeds and the wet weather had produced an abundance of slugs and snails, slugs I deal with by organic pellets, snails are a problem the birds don`t seem to eat  them and we have no hedgehogs having a enclosed walled site.
So I walked round the plot picking up as I went and gathered about thirty placed them in a lidded bucket and deposited them on the Langney levels on the way home. We do have hedgehogs there. 

Helix aspersa the common snail

There were several snails eating my few ripe strawberries that I had to pick off. That is really unacceptable

I thought the pot marigolds were bright until I saw these calendula interspersed with california poppies on my neighbours plot

Langney levels 
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