Hullo! This post is from the spring. I know... it's a long story... anyhow... you might think from this picture that I am sitting at the campfire ready for a campfire... with my beer in hand... Well. No.
See... firepit is not in use right now...
No... the beer is for something far less fun and appealing...
See this pot... do you see any nasturtium seedlings?? No!!!
Why, you ask? Because the slugs ate all the leaves and left a few stalks and that's it!!!
And the dahlia???
Munched clean... argh!!!!!
It's not a good scene... soooo many plants and sooo many munched off!
Even in the greenhouse...
And yes... we have tried eggshells... they just roar right over them. Sigh.
Sad little stubs of plants...
So we are pulling out the heavy guns...
A beer trap! Slugs love beer (who wouldn't) and if you sink the container so it's level with the ground and fill it with beer... the slugs slither in and happily drown.
Or at least that's the theory...
we are also spreading more eggshells....
Gardening is hard work you know... Between deer, raccoons, rabbits, slugs and goodness knows what else...
But it sure is pretty.
A couple of things: 1) Yep, beer does work well on the sluggos.
ReplyDelete2) Drunk Fox is intrigued by Cariboo Beer, looks like a BC brand and not a bad % of alcohol. 3) Looks like it's not distributed down here. Hopefully this Fox can get up there for a taste (and the roommates as well)>
It is a BC brand, from Prince George (not the real Prince George, but the city of Prince George). We prefer the orange can... it's a honey beer, beary nice.
ReplyDeleteWell... you know... tariffs and stuff... I'm sure the powers that be don't want cheap Canadian beer flooding your market.... Maybe we could sneak a can into a parcel??