My friend Doug here came for a visit via a bag of Swiss chard from Kind Organics. He (no, I have no idea if it was a “he” or not) was imitating a gob of mud when I first encountered him, but unlike mud, he wouldn’t squish. He had a fine time scooting along my fingers until I felt it was time to part ways and provided him with a burial at sea. Because while slugs are rather fascinating in a creepy kind of way, they don’t really make good pets.
Yup. All part of the fun of organics!
It really dawned on me last year when I tried to make some quick pickles with cauliflower and broccoli from our farmshare. 10 minutes after it started boiling, I came back to find a bunch of floating tiny caterpillars.