Donna wrote, "Actually ducks are much better for slug control and don't
scratch, but they waste too much water to be practical in the kind of severe
droughts we've been going through."
I tried (Kaki Campbell [sp.]) ducks in my garden once. They preferred
the garden plants to the weeds. They even ate hot peppers
(serranos).................and no weeds. They didn't care for tomato plants
either. Needless to say, I didn't allow them in the garden for a very long
time.
Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
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[NAFEX] Ducks in the garden,
Jim Fruth, 03/09/2008