weber@fluke.UUCP (06/30/83)
The slug problem: I hear the slug fence works great. Also came across this awful solution to the problem which I have not tried for obvious reasons. The article says to gather up a couple of pints of slugs, let them set out in the warm sun for a few days to get good and ripe, run them through a blender, and spread the result over the area you wish to protect. The author of the article said this method will keep slugs away for up to two years. (gag.. could anyone possibly do this with out becoming ill or does anyone imagine ever using the blender again) Once you hear about this method its hard to forget it, kinda sticks in your mind. As for me, DEADLINE almost works and I never have seen a dead bird any where near the garden so I doubt that they eat it. In fact, I don't know how any bird would have room for the DEADLINE after stuffing themselves with my strawberrys and blueberrys. Any advice on how to deal with the birds ? Ken
fostel@ncsu.UUCP (07/06/83)
Perhaps an unreliable source, but a SciFi book about a valley somewhere
in the Northwest, suggests a fix for these slimy things that I had not
heard before, but my wife (from Ohio) said "Oh Yeah, thats right" about.
TOADS! I assume toads like to eat them or else otherwise impeed the
destruction. You might still want to set out the beer -- the toads will
need to wash down the critters with something. [Source Frank Herbert,
about a town in which EVERYONE consumes prodigious quantities of a naturally
occuring LSD like fungus. -- yeah a questionable source, but if you have
a box of TOADS in the attic ....].
----GaryFostel----