To: "paul@richsoil.com, permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Slug control
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:31:16 +1100
On 16/11/04 9:38 AM, "Paul Wheaton" <paul@richsoil.com> wrote:
> I had the best solution until you nixed poultry. Turning chickens into your
> garden a
> couple of hours before they go to roost would make it so they eat the slugs
> and leave
> your veggies alone.
You must have amazingly selective chickens to only eat your slugs without
scratching out seedlings, turning the mulch upside down and feasting on
lettuce - you wouldn't believe the destruction they can wreck in just a few
minutes in the vegie patch
Robyn