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Old 11-05-2012, 04:15 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Janet wrote:
A wide barrier-ring of dry woodash works well, slugs and snails hate
crawling across it even when it's wet. Or, old dry dead bracken, mashed up
a bit.


Isn't bracken supposed to be carcinogenic?


Only if you ingest it, and not to courgettes. It's a great compost
material and soil conditioner.

Janet.