Comments on: This is just taking liberties!

By: chameleonite

chameleonite — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:56:42 +0000

I gather mine up in a bucket, put them in the car and take them for a nice long drive into the country. Let them try and make their way back home from there!

By: Boo's Jewellery

Boo's Jewellery — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:41:45 +0000

Funny you should say that nifty – I found that out for myself, they certaily can. I was gathering them and chucking them out on grass the other side of the 6′ high stone wall that surrounds my entire garden. When I started recognising shells, I marked a few with a Sharpie and I found the same ones in the same spot the following day. The next night I went out later, after I’d thrown them on the grass again – and there was a row of them making their way down the inside of the wall. To get back to their original plants, they had to scale a stone wall, go about 20 feet over fine gravel, 6 feet over concrete and up the logs a lot of my plants are on. Determined buggers they are.

By: niftyknits

niftyknits — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:24:26 +0000

oh dear – that’s not funny *snigger*

I spent a while on gardener’s world forum last year, trying to find an answer to a similar problem. I signed up under a false name of course, didn’t want anyone to know how sad I am. Someone suggested chucking snails over the fence, but apparently they can find their way home for MILES. take them on holiday, maybe?

By: maisy

maisy — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:21:08 +0000

honestly!! you can almost hear the two of them mumbling “hah – we’ll show her…”!! little blighters!