Slug Killer (Happy Mother's Day!)

My mum is incredibly difficult to buy Mother's Day presents for. This is because, as a genuine and thoughtful woman, she thinks all the usual-suspect types of presents are kinda bullshit. 

A card purchased at a store? 1) Environmentally and financially wasteful, and 2) Cheesy. 

Candy or chocolates? "I don't eat that crap, Marg."

Fancy-flowery-scented bath and body products? You'll give everyone a migraine!

A bouquet of flowers? 1) They'll just die and 2) My mum already has a garden filled with all the beautiful flowers she'd ever need. 

Speaking of her garden though, it was that which inspired one of the best presents I feel I've ever gotten her. When I was a kid (and today, too for that matter), Mum always preferred to receive handmade presents if we were going to give her any presents at all. One year, not content to draw her a picture (mine were sub-par compared to my siblings') or create some avant-garde craft (like the toilet paper tube, puffed rice, egg carton, and gold paint masterpiece I dubbed "A Rich Person's Toilet"), I decided to make her something really useful for the garden: a Slug Killer! 

SLUG KILLER HOW-TO

Supplies:

1 longish stick, a broom handle sans broom head is ideal; anything sturdy and walking-stick length will do.

1 tin can lid of a good size, the sharper the better.

1 small nails. 

1 hammer. 

Instructions:

Carefully nail the lid to one end of the stick, so that most of the lid hangs off the end. See my cool diagram:

       

Now, your mother can use awesome new weapon to slice up some gross slugs!

I also recommend gifting some salt. That kills those sick bastards real good too.

Mum liked it. 

Happy Mother's Day!!!