I think this is a case of upcycling. I spotted the idea on a shoot of a garden in France on the recent BBC series on French Gardens and pinched it.
I am frequently coming across snail shells in the garden and I think they look much more natural than the various plastic or wooden things you can buy to stop you poking your eye out on a cane. My son isn’t so keen as he thinks it looks like the snail has been impaled on the cane but then again he doesn’t have the upset of seeing snails munching your seedlings.
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June 19, 2013 at 6:49 pm
I like the impaled snails. Serves as a warning to the other snails.
June 19, 2013 at 6:53 pm
What an excellent idea!
June 19, 2013 at 7:04 pm
So, snails do have a use after all …
June 19, 2013 at 7:57 pm
Very artistic! Don’t suppose the snails will agree!
June 19, 2013 at 8:09 pm
great idea ! thanks !
June 19, 2013 at 8:11 pm
I do the same with tropical shells in my garden, looks lovely…but there must be some other use snails are having ;)…can’t think of it right now
June 19, 2013 at 8:33 pm
Nice idea! More natural than the alternatives 🙂
June 19, 2013 at 9:14 pm
Very good idea, from now on I go to collect the snail shells in my garden to have a stock when necessary.
June 19, 2013 at 10:36 pm
I agree with your son…..there’s something faintly macabre about this!
June 19, 2013 at 11:22 pm
Have done this at the allotment to deter marauding molluscs but it doesn’t do the trick. I’ve also occasionally forgotten that I have put them there!
June 20, 2013 at 7:32 am
Such a good idea if you can find any empty ones!
June 20, 2013 at 8:17 am
I like the look of these, the snail shells are beautiful..once vacated!
June 20, 2013 at 10:59 am
Your idea would also work well on a piece of pipe to use as a hose guide.
June 20, 2013 at 11:09 am
We get so many in the garden, I use them as a plant pot mulch as well. My niece always goes on an empty snail shell hunt for me when she comes to stay 🙂
June 20, 2013 at 11:52 am
I like very much *Brigid 🙂
June 20, 2013 at 11:55 am
Love this natural look.
June 21, 2013 at 2:53 am
I think it’s BRILLIANT.
June 21, 2013 at 10:58 am
I’ve been doing this for a few years too. Snail shells are so obviously made for making bamboo canes safe! It surprises me that more of us didn’t think of it before.
June 22, 2013 at 10:44 pm
I love it!! Brilliant idea for those pesky snails and their shells.
June 23, 2013 at 11:19 am
Great idea. I shall be borrowing it…
May 6, 2015 at 9:17 am
I try this some days ago.Brilliant idea for those pesky snails and their shells.