Bayer Advanced Garden Baysol Snail and Slug Bait
Now is the time to be planting out flowering annuals and potted colour but one of the biggest mistakes that gardeners make is they do not go using snail pellets. The snails and slugs will chew your plants up in no time if you do not get yourself ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Beer Snail Trap - The French Alternative
Jackie French made an environmentally friendly snail trap using a plastic drink bottle and some beer. Snails are attracted to these traps because they love the sweet, sour and yeasty smell of the beer. When the snails crawl into the trap, they ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Bayer Advanced Garden Baysol Snail and Slug Bait
In the 16th century the Dutch took the tulip to Europe and it became an absolute sensation. The era was known as 'tulipomania' and Europeans have never been the same since. Tulips are seen as exotics in Australia and because all our major cities ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Blitzem Snail and Slug Pellets
Everyday spring brings more new growth along with it, a hunger. Actively growing plants need nourishment. Plants that have yellow leaves could either be a sign of a mineral deficiency, especially at this time of the year, or over watering could ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Blitzem Snail and Slug Pellets
Snails may be slow but they quick to find newly planted seedlings. There are a few home remedies you can try. Coffee grounds sprinkled around the seedlings or beer traps placed in the garden are pretty good at slowing them down a little. The best ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis (also known as bilharzia, snail fever or katayama fever) is a major tropical disease that affects over 200 million people worldwide. The disease is acquired by direct skin contact with fresh water that is contaminated by ... [... more]
Better Health |
Causes of pica
Infants and young children learn a lot about their world by touching things and putting them into their mouths. Most children eat things such as dirt, sand and snails a few times, but they learn that these things don't taste nice and they stop ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
River Snail - NSW DPI - Fisheries
Notopala sublineata is a freshwater snail that was once common and widespread in the Murray-Darling river system. Populations of this species have declined rapidly over the last few decades, apparently as a result of weir building and other ... [... more]
NSW Dept Primary Industries |
Introduced Snails in Australia
There are over 1000 species of native Australian snails and slugs. However, most of the snails and slugs we find in our gardens are not natives. Most species arrived accidently in Australia on potted plants, or stuck to packing cases, pallets and ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Ruth Reichl
The Chamberlain family spent a dozen blissful years in pre World War II France, with their beloved cook, Clementine, learning the gustatory pleasures of snail hunting in their backyard and bottling their own wine. When war rumblings sent them ... [... more]
Random House |
Ross Hill snails & sweetbread tart
Cut pastry into 4 circles to fit into 1/3 cup muffin tray or 6-8 cm flan pastry tins. Press pastry into muffin tin or flan, prick pastry base with a fork and blind bake with baking beads for 8 minutes. Place olive oil in a medium sized fry pan, ... [... more]
Australian Womens Weekly |
Keeping Ducks
Many people dream one day of having some ducks in the backyard and there are quite a few different breeds you can pick from. Ducks are bred for all sorts of purposes; as snail eaters, egg layers, for meat or simply as a hobby so it's just a ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
