The Gardener's Friend?

[Killearn Kitties]

I have always been under the impression that hedgehogs are the "gardener's friend" because they eat slugs, bugs and other nasties that otherwise can gobble up all your precious tender plants. It seems I was wrong.

Quite often, if we are eating outside in the summer, I will bring the cat bowls out as well, so that we can all eat together! Later on, two or three hedgehogs usually come round for the leftovers. I generally try to remember to pick the plates up then, because the slugs move in next, and I like to get the plates away before they have been "slimed".

That is not always possible. These slugs are either very brave or very silly.