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written by Jana November 25, 2007

paperwhite 3, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

I love the simple beauty of this photo! These paperwhite flowers are blooming along my front fence area. They are small, almost unnoticeable. But there is something so endearing about them! I feel calmer, more centered just gazing on them….A space of peace in a busy weekend.

Tonite for dinner I cooked a homemade pizza with a pesto sauce made from the abundance of basil in my garden. It’s gotten a bit colder lately and I’m guessing that the basil might not last too much longer (I usually lose it in late December) so I figured it was time to use it up! I also picked the last of my lettuce for our dinner salad. Most of the plants bolted in the heat last week so there were just a few good leaves left per plant.

In my haste to get the dinner put together, apparently I didn’t wash the lettuce as well as usual. Both John and GameBoy found small snails in their salad. Eeuuuuwwww….I am having lots of snail problems this year–any thoughts on natural snail deterrents? (btw, I promise if you join us for dinner at our home, I’ll make sure to triple wash the lettuce!)

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Sara November 25, 2007 - 4:26 am

Diatomaceous earth springs to mind, but there are other things to try. Check out this place for ideas:

Snail Solutions at BioControl Network:
http://www.biconet.com/solutionsqs.html#Snails

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jana November 25, 2007 - 4:42 am

I do diatomaceous earth sometimes, but I find that it washes off within one watering, so it’s a lot of effort for very little longevity in snal protection. I’ll take a look at your link and see if I can come up with a better solution…

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janeannechovy November 25, 2007 - 5:48 am

I like the Worry-Free/Sluggo stuff. Though of course I don’t remember to re-apply it often enough. Definitely helps around the hostas and the rhubarb, though.

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amelia November 25, 2007 - 8:38 pm

i had a friend whose mom used beer to deal with the snails. is there such a thing as organic beer? :)

your dinner sounds yummy. i love pizza with pesto.

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daisies November 26, 2007 - 8:42 pm

that photo is gorgeous!!

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Hi there friend, and welcome to my blog. I started writing on the internet two decades ago. Since then I've started and finished a PhD program, left the Mormon church and became a Quaker, got divorced, remarried, found full-time work in academia, took up rock climbing and outrigger canoeing, and traveled across the globe (China! Belgium! Italy! Chicago! Montana! Portland! Gettysburg! and oh-so-many points in-between). This blog is eclectic and random--it has poetry and cooking and books. And cats. And flowers. And the ocean (my ocean). But in that sense it's a good reflection of me and my wide-ranging, far-reaching, magpie curiosity.

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