Pests
Birds of Prey
Monday, June 14th, 2010I went to a show at the weekend in between cloud bursts and saw the birds of prey exhibit. They were wonderful. I could do with some of them over my plot to deter the pigeons.
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Getting Rid of Slugs
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010Here I am getting rid of my slugs. The best way is to lure them out into the open and then salt them lightly.
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Rain
Monday, May 3rd, 2010It has been a case of dodge the rain this bank holiday. I went up to the plot to plant potatoes and the heavens opened on me with hail. So I retreated after only planting a single row. I will have another go when its not so wet.
On another note, I had ants in my [...]
Digging Up Potatoes
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009I have been digging up my potatoes this bank holiday. I had quite a few Desiree and some Cara. The latter are a particular favourite of the slugs and so the crop was not as good as I would like. Still, there are enough to keep me going through the winter.
I took them home and [...]
Friend or Foe
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009I’m not sure if this is friend or foe. It doesn’t look native to these shores, so it could well be an invader. Still, they do eat ahipds and the like, even if they eat ladybirds as well! Greedy cannibal things.
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Potato Plants
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009I have left the potatos in the ground this year as I seem to be being given them by everyone. I will take them out and store later on, but not hust yet. They will be fine in the ground, as long as the slugs leave them alone.
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Greens
Sunday, June 28th, 2009I have netted the rest of my greens too and they seem to be coming on OK, avoiding the slugs and putting on growth. They should be good come winter time.
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Courgette Hope
Thursday, June 25th, 2009I say hope, as this year I would like to have a good crop of courgettes. The last time they took and survived was three years ago. OK, I know I had a few last year, but it was not the bumper crop I had in the first year.
So this year I have grown them [...]
Courgettes
Thursday, June 18th, 2009I planted out my courgettes this week. I’m hoping that the slugs will not find them as tasty as I do. We will see. I have held a couple back in case of the inevitable.
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Runner Beans
Thursday, June 18th, 2009The beans are out now too. Once again, I hope the slugs do not eat them. But it has rained a little lately and that encourages them to eat.
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Greens
Monday, June 15th, 2009I have been growing my greens under netting, hence the cast on these pics. They are so far not slug food and I hope they remain that way as they have a long way to go – some of these are sprouts.
Note the dead fly in the bottom right of the first pic.
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Slugs
Saturday, June 6th, 2009Here is a picture of my slug trap.
I have put an old spud out that I dug up and put pellets round it to attract the little critters.
As you can see it has mainly worked and a lot are dead. Long may it go on.
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