permaculture

[hannah brumerskyj <han_ysic@yahoo.com.au>]

I used to squash slugs which I hated doing because I don't like killing 
things for no purpose, but I also didn't want to use chemicals to kill them. 
I now have two chickens, who love to gobble them up, and they fill part of a 
cycle. I actually like it when they get big enough for the chickens to eat, 
and they don't eat too much of the plants even then. I look for them when I 
water the vege garden and can easily spot them to pull them off. There is 
only ever four or five when I water every two of three days, and I have quite 
a large garden. Rain has been remarkably absent though, here in Sydney. I am 
sure there would be a rise in number if it arrived. (but then there would be 
more plants for them to eat too. - it all works out in the end.
   
  Hannah Brumerskyj
  Sydney, Australia
   
   

                
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