permaculture

[Paul Wheaton <paul@richsoil.com>]

I'm used to having lots of space and growing stuff inland.  And having 
chickens.

Now, I live in Seattle trying to save up money to buy land.  And, of course, 
have a
garden.  No ducks or chickens.

Earlier this year I planted a bunch of peas.  They came up and then they 
disappeared.  I
planted potatoes - I think somebody is eating all the green bits ....

Slugs.  Lots of them.  Big suckers.  Using the Ruth Stout system (lots of 
hay) has
downsides in slug ville.  

A housemate bought some "sluggo".  I reasearched it a lot and I'm having a 
hard time
coming up with anything that scares me.  But I'm very skeptical.  
groworganic.com sells
it.  I like those guys.  But they do sell some stuff I would rather not use.  

"iron phosphate" is the magic ingredient (1%).  The rest is supposedly 
"inert", but I
suspect it is a slug's idea of ben and jerry's ice cream.  Iron phosphate 
sounds plenty
safe to me.  A micro nutrient (iron) and the "big P" from the famous group 
"NPK".

I wonder what earthworms think of it?

Microbials?  

Anybody know of any big sirends of doom in using this stuff?