"I'd like to know where they are coming from....was there a bacchanal for slugs and this was the result?
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Contributing GardenerDonna H 5-6/CT commented on Geoffrey Ives's blog post The Basil Seedlings Send Their Regards: My Life With Slugs
Contributing GardenerDonna H 5-6/CT commented on Geoffrey Ives's blog post The Basil Seedlings Send Their Regards: My Life With Slugs
"WOOHOO! Sock it to 'em! I laughed so hard when I read this. I'm currently on the 'lets-take-a-trip-to-the-sea' (plucking and dropping in a vat of briney salt water) and coffee grounds. The coffee grounds worked a…"
Mary Z5, S. NH commented on Geoffrey Ives's blog post The Basil Seedlings Send Their Regards: My Life With Slugs"I had a slug problem a couple of years ago...rain, rain and more rain brought the little buggers to my garden. I used coffee grounds with great success! Thanks for more insight in case I have to deal with them again! Keep gardening!"
Geoffrey Ives posted a blog postThe Basil Seedlings Send Their Regards: My Life With Slugs
By Geoffrey Ives, President & Founder of the Northeast Slug Defamation League. I am an amateur gardener; not a ‘prize winning roses’ gardener, more like a ‘some years I harvest Brussel Sprouts’ gardener. During spring and summer you’ll often find me digging, weeding, and harvesting, in our Maine garden. Two years ago I realized my garden was overrun by slugs. Perhaps due to my former habit of creating many convenient compost piles, and due to a series of cold, wet springs, I now seem to…See More
Geoffrey Ives left a comment for Debbie Powers z6/IN"Debbie, your gardens are beautiful, as are your raccoons. What state are you in? I see snow and deer. We're in Maine, so it looks like you may have some similar seasonal issues.
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Debbie Powers z6/IN commented on Geoffrey Ives's photo
Mid spring looking up
"my lupines died out, maybe too much rain, guess I'll have to start over with those, maybe in a different local. That's quite the garden space you have, good luck with it."
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The Basil Seedlings Send Their Regards: My Life With Slugs
Posted on May 29, 2012 at 5:03pm 4 Comments 1 Like
By Geoffrey Ives, President & Founder of the Northeast Slug Defamation League.
I am an amateur gardener; not a ‘prize winning roses’ gardener, more like a ‘some years I harvest Brussel Sprouts’ gardener. During spring and summer you’ll often find me digging, weeding, and harvesting, in our Maine garden. Two years ago I realized my garden was overrun by slugs. Perhaps due to my former habit of creating many convenient compost piles, and due to a series…
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By Geoffrey Ives, President & Founder of the Northeast Slug Defamation League
I am an amateur gardener; not a ‘prize winning roses’ gardener, more like a ‘some years I harvest Brussel Sprouts’ gardener. During spring and summer you’ll often find me digging, weeding, and harvesting, in our Maine garden. Two years ago I realized my garden was overrun by slugs. Perhaps due to my former habit of creating many convenient compost piles, and due to a series of…
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Priscilla Bryant, zn5 IL commented on Priscilla Bryant, zn5 IL's photo
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"Hi Cindi, glad you like them, but oh no. Most Bowling balls are much too heavy for me. I use those big foam balls from the craft store. Much lighter and easier to work with, and you can stick things in them. Put on a coat of adhesive grout…"
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