On Wed, 31 May 2006 02:56:42 GMT, "Claire Petersky"
wrote:


Here, in the Pacific NW, where the slugs are legendary...I've had good luck
with simply hand-picking. Go out on a wet spring morning and hand pick all
the slugs you can see. Pull back long grass and leaves where they may be
hiding. Put into a plastic bag. Knot when done, put in the freezer for a
humane death, and the next day drop into the trash. It doesn't take any
longer than spreading slug bait. I used to have a terrible slug infestation
when I first moved here; now there's hardly any.

I put a board in the garden for the slugs to gather under, then I can
simply flip it and squish the little buggers.

In the spring when the red bellied wood pecker is still coming to the
bird feeders, I put the board on the table with the feeding tray, and
get to watch him and some of the other birds peek under the board and
gobble the slugs.


Penelope
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