I am happy to report that the snails are still thriving, now that autumn is here. When I go out at night, I sometimes find the big ones side by side, their bodies entangled, slowly and sensually seducing each other in the moonlight. And today I discovered that the coriander was crowded with over twenty new baby snails, in varying sizes. Some were asleep, some were munching on dead leaves, as others trailed to uncharted territory.