Grrr...damn slugs are at it again

[red]

collection is the most effective way, (if you are not willing to chuck poisons around your environment and food growing areas!) and it does make a difference eventually - particularly to confirned areas like the greenhouse.

himself has declared war on slugs ... myself stays indoors and makes appreciative noises

[yugogypsy]

Try coarse salt around the pots, and crushed rock or oyster shell on your paths.

And of course you've mentioned beer-

So I guess thats all the help I can be

Lois

[the.fee.fairy]

I've got some new peter pepper seeds today, i'm going to try to bring them up using the jar on the radiator method 9not that the radiator is on, but its a pretty warm place anyway). Hopefully, then they'll get big enough to go out later on when the threat of slug has finished.

They've eaten a whole pot of tomato seedlings too!
Luckily, out of the 25 seeds i had, 50 have germinted (no...i have no idea how either...).

[yugogypsy]

Hi Fee,

I planted 60 basil seeds and they all came up , anybody like some pesto?

Lois

[the.fee.fairy]

I had a packet of basil seeds from Seeds of italy - i planted some in some pots at the entrance to the garden (I love the smell so much that i wanted it to waft over people as they entered the garden), and some in a hanging basket with some parsley - they've all come up too!

Pesto here!