Pacific Northwest Gardening: What is in full bloom in your garden now? April 16 to 30, 1 by enyeholt

enyeholt wrote:
This is my favorite little 'plop' of spring in the midst of the lawn. Primroses mostly which the slugs love to hide under. That makes them easy to find in the daytime.

I read elsewhere that planting a few Castor Beans - even if they don't thrive does something in the soil that the rodents avoid. So, if I had voles - thankfully I don't I'd give it a try. They sound really bad! The Beans are poisonous, so pick them off. Its the roots that leave a nasty taste to the voles.