Who would have known that they very thing I planted to chase away one pesky garden pest would actually attract another. When I went out to hang laundry on the line yesterday morning, I noticed that my marigolds were dying. Then I saw it, the telltale trail of slime and then the enemy himself: Dr. Slime. Yes, slugs, the bane of every gardener and the enduring symbol of the Pacific Northwest, were eating all my marigolds! Arggggggg!
While I have read all kinds of "home rememdies" for ridding your garden of slugs (beer, ammonia, salt, sandpaper, egg shells, chalk) it was time to bring out the big guns: Corry's Slug & Snail Death!
I have to say it was very satisfying this morning to go out and find four VERY DEAD slugs in the flowerbed! Take that, Dr Slime!
1 comment:
How does the egg shell thing work?
I usually just end up tossing them in the bucket when I'm weeding. I figure they can live the rest of their little sluggy lives happily at the dump.
T
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