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Ewww! Slugs in the Garden! - Page 3


© Barbara M. Martin
Page 3

Mar 4, 1999


Slug-picking as it is called can be sort of fun. (Some folks like to squirt ammonia water at their slugs instead of actually picking them up.) Hint: If you run the sprinkler a bit in the early evening you will attract more slugs to catch during such forays.

But if you are lucky, there will be toads who will eat the slugs. Working together as a team, along with the other critters and the birds and the snakes, there may be hope. Don't get me wrong. I do not like snakes much at all (Psst! There's a SNAKE in the Garden!), but there are some benefits to them. (They eat slugs, to be exact.) So I was especially fascinated to hear the story of how St. Patrick drove all the snakes from Ireland. Does that mean they have extra slugs there now? And by any chance would slugs, Irish or domestic, prefer green beer?

Now I have it on good authority that the Irish do NOT drink it themselves. But in case you would like to experiment and don't have any leftovers for whatever reason, try this. Send yourself a virtual beer, think green and try it! Be sure to let me know how it works!

Well, I can think of ONE good thing about slugs: at least they can't fly! Need a good tagline? Go here and search for "slug"!

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    23.   May 5, 1998 6:02 PM
    Hi Theresa! Let us know how it works on yours!

    Barbara Martin
    The Cottage Garden Editor ...

    -- posted by Cottage_Garden
    22.   May 5, 1998 3:57 PM
    Hi Mona,
    I'm going to try that today. When I pulled out some of the wonderful new crop of weeds that followed the end of our drout I noticed loads of ants very near the surface, I guess they were dro ...

    -- posted by theresaBIH
    21.   May 4, 1998 6:32 PM

    Here is an recipe for ants.

    1 ts. sugar
    1 ts creme of tartar
    1/4 c. water

    Put in front of the ants. They are suppose to take it to the nest and blow up.

    The ants swarmed all over it fo ...

    -- posted by MonaH
    20.   Mar 22, 1998 6:01 PM
    Theresa that is so similar to how I decided to use the slug bait that came in a squeeze bottle like Elmer's glue.First off, it worked. Second off, it was a compromise but for me an acceptable one. I ...

    -- posted by Cottage_Garden
    19.   Mar 22, 1998 2:46 PM
    I have tried organic stuff like bioling water on the ants but its a bit drastic when you parboil the plant you are trying to save (I am not known for my grace & co-ordination)! The ants seem to gobble ...

    -- posted by theresaBIH



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