SLUGS and COFFEE
I was watching a BBC television programme the other day, Gardener's World, and learned something new. Apparently slugs don't like coffee grounds so you could tip the bitter coffee remains around your favourite plants. Actually, I treasure all my plants. I did once read that coffee grounds are good for the garden soil (apparently they have a lot of nitrogen) and a store that I know in town, that has a coffee shop, actually advertises to its customers that they can have the spent coffee grounds for free. I have been happily slinging mine - Taylor's Rich Italian Roast - onto my garden soil for weeks. Nothing but the best for my slugs!
Actually, I also read another comment on an online forum and the writer said that slugs crawled right over their coffee grounds. Apparently slugs can be picky about their coffee. So can I.
In a gardening book of mine, the author, Alys Fowler, says that she squishes small slugs between her fingers and either stomps on the bigger ones or chops them in half. I confess, I subject my slugs to my trusty secateurs. This may sound cruel, I know, but I don't think it's as cruel as feeding them pellets that don't kill instantaneously or drowning them.
Someone who read the above pointed out to me that you can put a small container of beer in your garden and the slugs will be attracted to it, fall in and drown. There has to be a worse ways to die!
Actually, I also read another comment on an online forum and the writer said that slugs crawled right over their coffee grounds. Apparently slugs can be picky about their coffee. So can I.
In a gardening book of mine, the author, Alys Fowler, says that she squishes small slugs between her fingers and either stomps on the bigger ones or chops them in half. I confess, I subject my slugs to my trusty secateurs. This may sound cruel, I know, but I don't think it's as cruel as feeding them pellets that don't kill instantaneously or drowning them.
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Someone who read the above pointed out to me that you can put a small container of beer in your garden and the slugs will be attracted to it, fall in and drown. There has to be a worse ways to die!