slugs

“The wildest of all wild animals was the Cat. He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him”

Rudyard Kipling – Just So Stories 1902

The observation that cats have never been wholly domesticated was true in 1902 and is still very much the case today. This is part of their charm but can also mean that they can be an unwelcome visitor to your garden, where they can leave their faeces and dead animals as well as being a threat to any birds that have not got their wits about them.

If you want to keep cats out of your garden without harming them, The Big Cheese has several solutions.

Prickle Strips   

Cats are fantastic jumpers and climbers; they will not be

Common UK Slugs:

• Garden slug (Arion hortensis): Up to 3 cm in length. Very dark blue/black on top, and orange/brown underneath.
• Great grey slug (Limax maximas): Up to 20 cm in length. Light grey with dark markings on their back.
• Large black slug (Arion ater): Up to 15 cm in length black with coarse wrinkles on their back.  

All about slugs:

A slug’s trail might be unpleasant, but it has a number of purposes. It contains fibres that aid their movement through ‘adhesive locomotion’. This is a series of muscular waves and suctioning that allows slugs to move at speeds of about 0.6 mph.  This slime also provides slugs with a grip when