tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128703959582611933.post7661591463699815891..comments2023-08-09T14:46:22.119+01:00Comments on Down Yonder Green Valley: Even wetter FridayJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10651807465859935301noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128703959582611933.post-74361321408282874562007-05-12T20:52:00.000+01:002007-05-12T20:52:00.000+01:00Bring them all to me, I havnt seen any slugs here ...Bring them all to me, I havnt seen any slugs here for ages!!!<BR/><BR/>Nice photo btwnicolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379938840593946061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128703959582611933.post-7426251697358915412007-05-12T20:37:00.000+01:002007-05-12T20:37:00.000+01:00Wish we could get some of that rain over here! I t...Wish we could get some of that rain over here! <BR/>I think people put out beer for slugs but I think they drown in it. As OC said they dont like to go over rough things, you could ring your seedlings with diatomaceous earth, that should discourage them.Janinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09796154151854255635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128703959582611933.post-3686878015697152212007-05-12T11:38:00.000+01:002007-05-12T11:38:00.000+01:00I use to have a big problem with slugs, I would pi...I use to have a big problem with slugs, I would pick up a bucket full every day, bring them over to the woods and let them go but of course the next morning they were all back again. People would roll their eyes when they heard that. lol. You could try putting sand or gravel around your plants, they don't like going over that stuff. <BR/><BR/>The picture of the hawk is lovely.oldcrow61https://www.blogger.com/profile/08037896874383359258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128703959582611933.post-64712247674897577582007-05-12T09:21:00.000+01:002007-05-12T09:21:00.000+01:00I'd be thrilled to have a sparrowhawk in my garden...I'd be thrilled to have a sparrowhawk in my garden! Though I wouldn't like him after the usual garden birds but it's nature after all and he does have to eat too.<BR/>I hate slugs too, horrible slimy and greedy things. Have you tried crushed eggshell around your plants? Or small tumblers of beer sunk into the earth at strategic points? Someone once told me that orange peel, dried for a while in a warm oven and then scattered around the plants, keeps them away. <BR/>KarenKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00356343192166945179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128703959582611933.post-65702714254872518102007-05-12T02:34:00.000+01:002007-05-12T02:34:00.000+01:00Can't help feeling sorry for the sparrow hawk Jan,...Can't help feeling sorry for the sparrow hawk Jan, most birds can peck at this and that, and eat bits people put out for them, but this bird has to chase and kill something before it can eat, can't be easy for him, you could leave some meat for him if you don t want him chasing your birds. Pauline.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128703959582611933.post-36116342269953236212007-05-11T22:12:00.000+01:002007-05-11T22:12:00.000+01:00I once knew a remedy for slugs but cannot recall i...I once knew a remedy for slugs but cannot recall it now. Something you put near the plant to distract them...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com