Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Greg Bell <gregbell@znet.com>]

Has anyone else found that straw mulching a veggie garden can result in a 
large habitat and breeding ground for slugs?

I always find it interesting that slugs seem to munch on decaying dead 
matter as well as live plant matter.  Lay a piece of damp cardboard on the 
ground in a shady spot for a week and see the happy hoards that show up.

Similarly, the oft-prescribed moisture-holding dead layer of straw on top 
of a garden bed seems to be ideal for slugs.

~gb