permaculture

[Jerome Rigot <rigot.3@osu.edu>]

Hi Lawrence,

Do you have pictures of your place?

Thanks, Jerome

At 02:21 AM 5/8/2006, you wrote:
> Saor Stetler wrote:
>
> > Slugs can be the bane of any gardener's existence, wreaking havoc on
> > your young plants shooting up in the spring. No big wonder that slug
> > pellets and pesticides are so widely used. However, effective
> > alternatives do exist.
>
> Increase organic matter/tilth/drainage in your garden beds and make them
> tall and wide with deep ditches between them that extend below existing grade.
>
> It may be that slugs prosper in poorly drained low tilth/low organic 
> matter soil.
> I never have problems with them anywhere in the 3 1/2 acres of 
> raised bed market gardens I manage.
>
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