tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post973968650106842988..comments2024-03-28T12:17:44.126-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Home gardeningMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-23582029223726201932011-08-08T17:46:04.052-05:002011-08-08T17:46:04.052-05:00Minnesotan - sorry, didn't see your comment un...Minnesotan - sorry, didn't see your comment until just now. I haven't tried DE, but will if the tape fails me. Thanks for the suggestion.<br /><br />(I'd heard the same about coffee grounds, supposedly caffeine is a neurotoxin for slugs and snails. I tried it, and found a very large slug covered in grounds happily munching on my lettuce the next morning. At least for my circumstances, that one didn't work!)Mel V.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-75879894836061460132011-08-05T19:07:13.006-05:002011-08-05T19:07:13.006-05:00Mel, it's my understanding that slugs do not l...Mel, it's my understanding that slugs do not like to crawl over diatomaceous earth. Have you tried putting a ring of that around the plants?Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-35407500737630271922011-08-05T14:48:14.453-05:002011-08-05T14:48:14.453-05:00DaBris - Beer won't work in my situation for t...DaBris - Beer won't work in my situation for two reasons. The first is that my garden borders a half-acre of uncut grass and weeds. There are thousands of slugs in there. It wouldn't matter if I used a five gallon bucket of beer for a trap, they would fill it up with their slimy little corpses and then the ones that were too late to that party (but were still attracted by what's left of the beer) would move right on to the garden. The second is that our neighborhood has a couple of free-roaming dogs, and I'm assuming there are cats, raccoons, possums, and other critters around that would enjoy a free beer as well.<br /><br />Using copper tape as a barrier has worked well for me. I've seen a couple very large slugs and snails get past my current inch-wide defenses, but it seems to stop all the smaller ones. I'll add a second strip of tape to stop the bigger ones eventually. Fortunately the weather is starting to dry up a little and they haven't been as much of a problem in the last couple months.Mel V.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-47337796605524772222011-08-05T12:28:50.952-05:002011-08-05T12:28:50.952-05:00I live in a more subburban area, but gardening is ...I live in a more subburban area, but gardening is something most people tend to use pots for in my part of town, mainly because the soil tends to be clay-like or not good enough to sustain certain plants. I've been doing my own potted plant growing and I might have some pumpkins by Halloween if all goes well.<br /><br />The other problem would be, especially when dealing with apartment growing is space. Not alot of space is alotted to you in apartments and using pots instead of planting directly in the ground is one way of starting a garden. I've heard that lettuce makes a good potted vegetable to grow.CloudSampsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459873067554831037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-73133687627723028652011-08-05T08:58:10.265-05:002011-08-05T08:58:10.265-05:00I live just outside of Cleveland and I'm consi...I live just outside of Cleveland and I'm considering moving into the downtown area. It's in the beginning stages of (what I hope is) a brilliant revitalization from a post-industrial wasteland to a sustainable city.andiscandishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409153642285844201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-54662809983806862232011-08-04T23:05:10.139-05:002011-08-04T23:05:10.139-05:00One trick to handle slugs is to take a small dish ...One trick to handle slugs is to take a small dish (small margarine tubs work well) and partly fill it with beer. The slugs crawl into it and drown, ridding your garden of their presence.<br /><br />DaBrisDaBrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-47003031208019111912011-08-04T22:47:37.986-05:002011-08-04T22:47:37.986-05:00Yes, it' me, staring into a morning sun. I...Yes, it' me, staring into a morning sun. I'm going to replace this with a better picture someday.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-37929663181632473392011-08-04T22:39:17.433-05:002011-08-04T22:39:17.433-05:00Oh hey, nice to 'see' you. Great looking g...Oh hey, nice to 'see' you. Great looking garden! I'm trying to raise some veggies, but I have a brown thumb. I figure I don't usually make the same mistake twice, and there's got to be a limit to the number of possible gardening mistakes... I hope.<br /><br />(Last year I learned the difference between 'full sun' and 'partial sun'. This year I learned how to deal with slugs, the importance of soil preparation, and how to recognize when peas are getting overripe. Next year maybe I'll actually get enough greens for a salad. Blasted slugs.)Mel V.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-20605138928504548642011-08-04T21:32:22.086-05:002011-08-04T21:32:22.086-05:00'Zat you standing in the garden?
--Swift Lori...'Zat you standing in the garden?<br /><br />--Swift LorisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-3941057687091059982011-08-04T15:04:34.706-05:002011-08-04T15:04:34.706-05:00There was a really good PBS POV about 20 years ago...There was a really good PBS POV about 20 years ago that stuck to me titled <a rel="nofollow">"Turn here Sweet Corn"</a>.<br />It was about the demise of the smaller farm and predicted that someday we would be tearing up parking lots in order to plant food. <br />Yep.bulletholeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681107556161747976noreply@blogger.com