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Category: Gardening

Slug stopped from entering lettuce bed with stop sign

Dried Grain Kills Slugs

  • Posted on February 16, 2019April 5, 2025
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    Gardening Tip of the Day

    Beer is messy. Salt is terrible for the soil. Vinegar has to be sprayed directly on the slugs. Moreover, to be sure, handpicking has to be one of the least favorite ways to kill … Continue Reading

    Spotted slug sitting on oats

    Slugs Love Oats

  • Posted on January 29, 2019April 7, 2025
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    Gardening Tip of the Day

    Oats aren’t only a delicious and healthy choice of grain for human breakfasts; slugs love oats too.

    If slugs are devouring your garden plants, here is one of many organic tips to protect them … Continue Reading

    Beautiful red clover plants blooming

    Red Clover Reduces Slugs

  • Posted on January 29, 2019April 14, 2025
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    Gardening Tip of the Day

    Gardeners battle with slugs every season. Every trick in the book has been used from chemical baits to beer traps, diatomaceous earth, crushed eggshells, and even copper flashing as a barricade.

    Now … Continue Reading

    A golden-brown slug slithering across the soil

    Control Slugs With Spice

  • Posted on January 29, 2019April 14, 2025
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    Gardening Tip of the Day

    Slugs are a nuisance in vegetable and flower gardens. Keep them out with a common spice from the kitchen spice rack.

    If beer traps, diatomaceous earth, and copper barriers have failed to … Continue Reading

    Coffee beans with a stop sign and a slug being stopped by the stop sign.

    Control Slugs With Coffee

  • Posted on January 27, 2019April 7, 2025
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    Gardening Tip of the Day

    Coffee kills slugs better than the most commonly sold poison bait for slugs.

    In the garden pest control is best when organic. Gardeners often ask how to rid of slugs in the home and … Continue Reading

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