Pretty funny, I thought. Proper "snail mail".
But in recent weeks the problem started getting worse. Possibly because of Spring? I don't know. I took this photo inside the mailbox today. Those junk mail leaflets had only been in there for a day, two at most. It is mostly unreadable. Some other mail was barely holding together it had that many holes!
Now, I'm not a fan of snails. I absolutely detest slugs, and snails are pretty much slugs with shells, right? Eeyuck! Eeyou! I HATE them.
Something had to be done.
So I went into the pantry and found a 1kg bag of cooking salt. And poured it into the mailbox. Not all of it but probably about half. There was a good 5-7mm thick layer on the bottom. So pretty, like snow.
No more snail mail for this family.
1 comment:
Ingenious! We had snails do that when I lived on Roberts St.
One thing to watch for - salt increases any tendency to rust, so if you've got any metal in your letterbox, might be wise to remove it in a couple of days
Krin
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