In article >,
"Woolstitcher" > wrote:

> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Steve Pope wrote:
> >> Miche > wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm going to have a go at growing vegetables. MIL has some raised
> >>> beds that haven't been used in years. In a few weeks she's going to
> >>> hire some help to clear out her gardens, tidy up the yard etc (we'll
> >>> be there too unless she decides to get it done while we're at work),
> >>> then we'll plant veg in one bed, strawberries in another, and
> >>> blueberries in a third.
> >>>
> >>> It's coming up to winter here so I'll be planting peas, beans (good
> >>> for the soil), garlic, Jerusalem artichokes and broccoli.
> >>>
> >>> Then we'll see where to go from there.
> >>>
> >>> We had a vegetable garden when I was a kid, but I've not had one as a
> >>> grown-up. This is gonna be fun!
> >>
> >> Cool.
> >>
> >> I hope there are no snails in your location. That's what really
> >> did in my past attempts to grow vegetables in California. (That,
> >> and my aversion to using poisons.)
> >>
> >> Steve
> > sprinkle crushed egg shells around the plants to keep snails away.
> > Janet
>
> Does this work for slugs too?

Yep!

You can also make them a beer bath. They climb in and don't climb out.

Miche

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