Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for May 17, 2023

Didn’t see that coming, Arlo taking the slugs perspective. Loved nixing the lite.

Go get em slugger

When will the first Bud Light slam appear in the comments? 8^ )

Just don’t make it a pumpkin ale. Not even a slug can appreciate that BLECH!

Diatomacious earth. It rips their bellies open.

Newcastle Brown Ale should do the job.

PBR for the win…

The slugs can have it. I smelled beer once. Reminded me of rotten hay.

What does Arlo mean, IF?

I can appreciate the tough choice of one last beer before I die. But I wouldn’t want that beer to be the thing that kills me.

Just get the cheap stuff, slugs aren’t fussy.

Give them the nasty American mass produced worse than water…. Or a Corona…. And what’s with the lime? If you want a shandy then make one.

I’ve never heard of baiting slugs. I suppose I’ll have to do my own research.

Grab some Tsing Tao

The hedgehogs that visit our garden eat the slugs and snails.

A high octane barely wine will knock them right out. I recommend a Weyerbacher Blithering Idiot.

I could never acquire a taste for beer and don’t quite understand how anyone can

My husband and our next door neighbor used to have slug contests every morning during the summer. They put out a certain amount of jar lids full of beer at night and then would count them the next morning. They had a lot of fun doing it.

If you’re looking for something cheap, Bud Lite® is available right now.

Slugs aren’t picky. If you’ve ever been a college-town bar, you’d know that.

Do toads eat slugs? I have cute little toads in my garden and they are welcome.

That’s one solution for A B. Repackage it as slug bait.

I can’t suggest switching to Miller Lite. Another boycott is brewing.

The answer is always Guinness!

My Grampa would sprinkle table salt around. The slugs (which we referred to as snails) would just dry up and die.

Beer is used to bait garden slugs??

Well, from my perspective, after 3 beers they all taste the same. I always found US beer to be watery…just my opinion.

Treat them to a Guinness, Arlo.

It’s a sin to waste a great beer. Get the cheapest one that works for the non consumption purpose or risk loosing your immortal soul…..

That’s a new one on me.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/killing-slugs-with-beer.htm

https://www.gardenmyths.com/how-to-get-rid-slugs-with-beer/

One more beer before I die? I’ll take the bottomless one… ☺

BTH, beer doesn’t make any difference to slugs. We used to feed several semi-feral cats on our patio, and the slugs would always crawl into the bowl. The cats simply refused to touch it; can’t blame them, as it looked atrocious! I cleaned up their dish, sat it in the middle of an aluminum pie plate, and poured on the beer.

The slugs dived right in, did a back stroke, and headed for the kibble in spite of my efforts.

Slugs don’t live long enough to appreciate different beers.

If I were a slug I’d say to Arlo “We, who are about to die, salute you!”

Casting beer before slugs, is that like pearls before swine? Such a waste, even for bud light haters.

Three Philosophers Quadruple Ale.

Finally an amusing strip.

Love the Yuengling, America’s oldest brewery. I have a kegerator at home and it is great! Don’t like the rice and wheat in Bud, too watered down.

Ha… yep ! I used to buy cheap Hamm’s Light to pour on my compost pile, and to mix in a homemade plant and lawn fertilizer. My garden and yard loved it ! But hey… I’m more of a stout, porter, or brown ale girl myself.

A Budvar (the original Budweiser) from Czechoslovakia.

What do you have against Light Beer?

We have chooks and they keep the garden pest free.

Reminds me of the joke about the brewery worker who drowns in a vat of beer. His widow asks if he suffered and a co-worker says, “I don’t think so. He got out twice to use the bathroom.”

Ah, that’s sweet

Garden Slugs? Bud Light.

I’ve been able to resist the temptation to try non-alcoholic beer because it’s still too freakin’ expensive.

Use the cheapest Yankee Pi$$ water* you can find. They aren’t snobs. *American lite beers as described by the Canadian friends in the 70s.

Certainly not Bud or Miller. They would probably invade your home and throw up on you.

to use for anything other than human consumption, get the CHEAPEST!

I had a co-worker who hated Busch Light because he said it gave him a headache. I joked that it’s called a hangover.

He didn’t appreciate the snark. How can drinking one or two beers can give somebody a headache?

They don’t have refined palates, use the cheapest swill leftover from a party (Coors Lite).

My sweetie used to find unfinished beer bottles and such on the sidewalk and bring them home for the slugs. Good way to avoid waste, but I had to tell her she was violating open-carry laws.

Don’t need beer. I had put an aluminum foil pie pan out with birdseed. Overnight, it rained (in Seattle! Go figure.) The pan was filled with water and dead slugs. As they crawled (or whatever you call how they move) onto the rim of the plate, they slid down the sides and couldn’t get out. They all drowned. I put those pans out for years. Always worked.