Straw Bale Gardening (Part 13)

Thanks Kent. So good to be back. I am as busy as can be so my gardening has taken a back seat much to my disappointment. I am working with a 3 YO show horse this year and she is taking a lot of time. Also own 5 others that need working and am working with 12 more head that belong to a friend. Been 4 weeks in revival at church and had 2 weeks of company from La. Hope to get some pictures of my bales and plants soon but don't expect much. LOL

Slugs
They were the bane/ bain (sp?) of my existence last year. Destroyed my peppers. Found the answer after the damage was done. It is beer. Put out quart jar lids full of beer each night. Non alcoholic beer will NOT work. Fill the lids with beer before dark, The slugs will drink the beer and slide away. After they ingest the beer the alcohol will cause their bodies to dry up and they will die.

Don't you guys ever take a salt shaker out with you? Just take one along and salt the slugs when you see them. Knock them off the plants first tho. They do make quite a mess.

Jeanette

yep, have had my salt shaker out with me lately *evil grin*

Kent, those taters look sooo good. My Mom's neighbor use to make new potatoes with creamed new peas and fried corn bread for lunch about this time of year. I can still taste it! Yummy! I've already told dh we're planted taters in the old bales next year.

Lana

Jnette:

Yeah it does smell bad. But I like it. Part of my whole gardening experience.

Of course my wife was out tying tomatoes when I was applying it the other day.

Needless to say, she thinks I'm nuts. :-)

BB

Kent wrote;"Guess what's on the menu for tonight?!"

Oh!! They look marvelous *g*. Mine arestill flowering, but I'm dying to "peek" at them, just to see if there are some itty bitty Taters that I can pilfer for dinner...
Keep up the good work, y'all are my inspiration:)
Margo

24to1 wrote;'no one in Northern Alabama carries any kind of Slug/Snail deterrent that wont inadvertently kill me/my family/my dog/my cat,"

BEER!! Put out shallow containers at night, and those slugs'll die happy. Leftovers are usually not a problem, either....

Let's start Part 14 - follow this link - http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/734190/

Kent