Snips and Snails, and Dillweed tales

AGGGGGGHHHHHHHH. I went out to my patio this morning to water my garden, and it was like walking into a nightmare! After months of no snails, and no signs of snails, there they were, sliming all over my plants!

Okay, so it was really just two snails, and they had already moved off the plants and were heading for a dark, cool hiding place for the day. If I actually see the snails, I hand pick them and dispose of them, so those two snails will no longer be visiting my garden. (Of course I used gloves! I'm not going to pick them up with my bare hands! Just the thought of touching those slimy creatures........................ well, I'll leave that to your imagination.)

You guessed it, my dreams of dill will always just be dreams I guess. Hmmmm, could there be a correlation? No signs of snails until I put the dill out? My other plants still look relatively untouched, but the dill is just a couple of sad little green stems poking out, and cut off about half an inch above the ground. Once again, completely decimated. I'm giving up on my dreams of growing my own dill.

Hey, that leaves an empty spot. Time to start dreaming of what I can use to fill it up!