Author: AlexE
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Product: Slug Inn – Slug Trap for Slugs and Snail Control, free your garden from Slugs and Snails 6 pack for £10
The Slug Inn – So, are you struggling with Slugs and Snails. Are your precious borders and containers being decimated by those slimy creatures of the night? Are you concerned about using chemicals and pesticides that might be environmentally unfriendly? Are you worried about the risks to other animals? – Yes? – Well, the Slug…
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Wildlife Gardening – Natural Slug Control
Although most people think of slugs as pests, they are as necessary as the more attractive visitors to our gardens. They help to break down decaying plant matter, disperse seeds and spore and provide a very rich compost-like waste which feeds the garden. They also provide food for more welcome visitors, such as birds. While…
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From the Archive: WI take a stand on honey bees
Title of Resolution: SOS for Honey Bees Wording of Resolution: SOS for Honey Bees – Honey Bees play a vital role in the pollination of food crops and in our environment. In view of concerns about the accelerating decline in the UK honey bee population, this meeting urges HM Government to increase funding for research…
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Slug-proof plants
Slug busters Slugs may have voracious appetites but they’re fussy eaters too – and therein lies an answer to a slimy problem. The good news is that there are a selection of plants that slugs, and snails, will steer clear of. Aquilegias Astilbes Astrantias Begonias Crocosmias Euphorbias Ferns Fuchsias Grasses Hardy geraniums Hellebores Hydrangeas Japanese…
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From the Archive: Article: BBC NEWS – Is the UK facing a slug plague?
Are the slimy critters set for a population boom? This is an old article but are we facing a change in the UK wildlife population driven by climate change. Will we struggle to get blight free seed potatoes from Scotland as the soil warms? BBC NEWS | Magazine | Is the UK facing a slug…
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OK, not slugs but try composting
About a third of what goes into garbage bags and is buried in landfill is organic waste, mostly kitchen scraps and garden waste. This material takes up a lot of scarce space in landfill and rots very slowly due to the lack of oxygen. The result is a lot of unnecessary production of methane, a…
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From the Archive: Slugging it out in the garden – The Irish Times
JANE POWERS presents a who’s who of garden culprits IT IS THE time of the year when people who have never grown anything before take to the garden. This is entirely a good thing, and should be encouraged. Growing plants – as every gardener knows – fosters contentment and connectedness with nature, gets one out…
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Control: Handpicking
This method of slug extermination is strictly for the non-squeamish. Fix a hat pin, or similar needle-like item, to a stick, binding it tightly with string. Then simply go round the garden spearing your slugs like the man collecting litter in the park. The slugs can be transferred to a container of salt or boiling…
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People: Slug identification by Prof. Bill Symondson
Britain is the slug capital of the world. Nowhere else has such ideal conditions for a broad range of slug species, for our cool, damp summers and warmish, wet winters allow slugs to be active, breeding and feeding for so much of the year. Added to this, we have recently suffered a succession of milder…
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