"Miche" > wrote in message
...
> 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
>
> --
> Electricians do it in three phases

This morning my DH informed me that we don't have slugs or snails .. but
grubs.
Sometimes I wish that we still rented ... so that someone else could deal w/
this stuff. lol