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It's been rainy here in NC this Spring. I am loving the effect it's having on my garden in the way of plants growing and thriving.
Then I saw this...
and this...
and I got a little concerned.
Then a little frustrated. I spend a lot of time trying to make my garden beautiful. It's not easy and I don't naturally have a green thumb. So, I certainly do not need what is causing this destruction.
I didn't see bugs. What could it be?
Tell tale trails of slime and a nighttime glimpse of my patio revealed the evildoers right away.
Slugs.
Not just any slugs.
Big long disgusting nasty slugs. Seriously, ugly.
All over my garden at night - feasting on my apparently tasty flowers.
I read on a gardening blog to try beer. So, I've done this the last few nights. I set out a big bowl of beer and they seem to want to swim in it. As if there were nothing redeemable about them anyway, now I know they are just drunkards waiting to swim in a pool of beer.
The best part.
They drown in it and die.
The worst part.
I have about 10 dead slugs in beer each morning to dispose of.
YUCK!!!!! I dare not even show you a picture for fear you will never come back to my blog.
It's better than eating my flowers, though. So, until I figure out a better way - beer it is. Any ideas for a slug slayer?
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Slug Slayer
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Yuck! Fortunately, I haven't had that problem--I don't know if I could stomach a bunch of dead slugs floating around in beer!
Here is a website all about how to slay the slugs - good luck!
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/slugs.html
JB
Ewww. I'd heard about the beer thing. Glad it works but then what? I don't know if I could handle dealing with the concoction. I bet the kids think it's really cool...cool in a gross way, that is.
Oh gag, sorry you are having trouble with slugs, those are just nasty little buggers aren't they?
I hope you get rid of them, by whatever means.
I go to Target or Lowes and get the box of granules for slug control. You sprinkle it around the base of your plants, water, and then I don't see the creatures anymore.
Yuck, and what a waste of good beer eh?
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