On Sun, 7 Oct 2007 10:36:29 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:

I've got another question about compost bins... I've had two
diametrically-opposite bits of advice regards positioning: One expert
said: "Don't have a compost bin near your veg patch, because it'll
attract slugs to the area" However, another expert said: "DO have the
compost bin near your veg patch, as the slugs will feed on the compost
rather than your veg"!

Anyone got any opinions on this? Which advice is the one to follow?

LOL! I've not heard either but I reckon that slugs are impossible to exclude
from a larger area. Spouse made copper rings (from hot water cylinders
bought from the scrap yard) for vulnerable plants and they seem to work.

I plan to try the hedgehog house idea. A freind of mine swears it
works... Hedgehogs have been found in our garden, so we know they are
around. Just need to get them to hang around the veggie patch and feed
on the slugs!

JD

JD