I've heard that diatomaceous earth works as well (for slugs)
we are steam-juicing our best grape crop ever, 53 quarts and counting.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
what is steam juicing?
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link
I thought about reviving this thread yesterday. We didn't do much vegetable-wise this year, but an annual tradition is a couple of lantanas and a couple of hibiscuses by our back walkway. This year they've all gone crazy -- one of the hibisci is 6 1/2' high, and the two lantanas have converged into a single mass about the size of a big car. The white-blooming rose of sharons shot straight up without taking a couple of years to develop thick trunks (like the purple one did), so when they filled up with blooms and got top-heavy, their branches drooped over and are mostly pointing down. The redbud that wasn't supposed to get higher than 8-9' tall is up into the phone and internet cables leading from the utility pole to the house. Benign neglect really suits all this stuff.
― it's taco science, but it works like taco magic (WilliamC), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
Well, this time last year the thread had been going a month ...
― djh, Sunday, 22 March 2015 20:26 (nine years ago) link
The last of our snow just melted late last week. I have not planted a goddamn thing yet, but plan to get radishes, greens, and snap peas seeded this week. I also ordered some strawberry plants, which I'm putting in a different spot (sunnier) after last year's failure.
Garden related: reserved two hens from rent a coop dot com for May-July! I only had them for a month last year, and they were a blast. Gonna put them to work turning the compost pile for me.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Sunday, 22 March 2015 20:59 (nine years ago) link
it's autumn here, so just getting the last of the season's strawberries ripening (though my alpine strawberries seemed to have died a death) and early season apples have reached the edible point
and on the chicken tip: hopefully i'll have the run i've been putting in all set up and ready for some real live chickens by the time spring arrives
& xposts to the slug debate, there's always the beer and saucer option! (never tried it but was recommended by my permaculture-inclined hort tutor)
― no lime tangier, Monday, 23 March 2015 06:46 (nine years ago) link
I have had some early potatoes in for a couple of weeks but with no real signs of life, but then ground temps have been unseasonably low with a couple of late frosts. Thought they were gone so planted out some onions over the weekend. Oops.
Quite a lot of things germinating in the greenhouse - caulis, rocket, radicchio - so I decided to move the chili plants I overwintered out yesterday and repotted them. Again, time will tell whether the frost makes that a mistake but at least 4 of them have a decent bit of growth so I have reasonable hopes that some of them will make it. Herb garden refreshed and some of the woodier plants replaced.
Weekend after Easter will see the beetroot/carrot/parsnip/radish seeds going in. Desperate for signs of life from the asparagus, but there's time yet.
― the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Monday, 23 March 2015 08:14 (nine years ago) link
Also we are experimenting with nematodes to kill the slugs, will update if/when there are any results.
― the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Monday, 23 March 2015 08:16 (nine years ago) link