Worth's 2017 Accidental Garden.

oakley · April 24, 2017

We have had warm weather so i have the beer traps out. And food grade DE around the
hostas. I'm catching dozens of the tiny ones in the beer traps. Copper wire rings around
them as well.
In the garden, raised beds, i use copper strips on the top edge tacked on. I just need to
run some wire wool every Spring on it to clean off the wintery soot and grime and
re-charge it.

My Dad went out one morning with a salt shaker, (without permission), and salted
heavily the slugs and destroyed the entire bed of basil ruining the soil. (great Dad)
He did not just sprinkle, he took the top off and poured and so proud.
(not a gardener)

The Hostas are just bedding plantings in the shade...i get the slugs, then the deer have
a buffet at some point and who cares. Just don't want the buggers in my food beds.

A big chunk of soaking wet newspaper/cardboard works as they go under it as the sun rises to hide where they like it nice and damp...easy to discard...

I had some monster 4inchers in my worm bin last year. Disgusting.

Can't believe i eat some varieties prepared nicely...winkles in the shell.

April 24, 2017	#11
oakley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: NewYork 5a Posts: 2,303	We have had warm weather so i have the beer traps out. And food grade DE around the hostas. I'm catching dozens of the tiny ones in the beer traps. Copper wire rings around them as well. In the garden, raised beds, i use copper strips on the top edge tacked on. I just need to run some wire wool every Spring on it to clean off the wintery soot and grime and re-charge it. My Dad went out one morning with a salt shaker, (without permission), and salted heavily the slugs and destroyed the entire bed of basil ruining the soil. (great Dad) He did not just sprinkle, he took the top off and poured and so proud. (not a gardener) The Hostas are just bedding plantings in the shade...i get the slugs, then the deer have a buffet at some point and who cares. Just don't want the buggers in my food beds. A big chunk of soaking wet newspaper/cardboard works as they go under it as the sun rises to hide where they like it nice and damp...easy to discard... I had some monster 4inchers in my worm bin last year. Disgusting. Can't believe i eat some varieties prepared nicely...winkles in the shell.