Thanks, Susan, for confirming that the garter snakes
do eat slugs. When I saw the first one in May, I
considered it a good omen for the garden!

Cheers!
Judy

--- Susan Anderegg <susananderegg at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Tweets
>
> I've been a subscriber for a little bit, this is the
> first time I've wanted to reply to a
> post.............and its not about birds, its about
> the garter snakes mentioned in the above post. And
> their appetite for slugs. Garter snakes are
> wonderful and natural slug predators......they
> probably helped more than a little. Especially if
> one saw three, that might indicate a larger
> population than one might suppose. So keep
> tolerating the little guys and say goodbye to the
> lettuce consuming slugs! (Or at least a significant
> number of them, anyway.)
>
> Susan
>
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