| Doodah Doodah [message #49843] |
Thu, 17 May 2012 21:00  |
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Doodah Doodah
Smooshes!
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| Re: Doodah Doodah [message #49850 is a reply to message #49843 ] |
Fri, 18 May 2012 06:12  |
Katsheare
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We moved into the house my partner grew up in and thus inherited everything in it, including a bunch of lawn ornaments, one of which is a gnome birdbath. It's plain stone, the birds (and our 21-month-old) love splashing in it and it's basically in the middle of our garden. He's sort of our guardian sprite. For whom I may have to knit something silly.
You have seen this, right?
We're going to be putting my gorgeous lettuces in the ground this week (or maybe next. June is safe, right? Only they're exploding in a way that bodes really well for summer salads) and that's when my official Slug Wars will begin. And we shan't be using pellets, firstly because just no and secondly because the small human will eat them, so my main weapon will probably be lots of sharp stones/shells and a couple bowls of beer. Okay, probably not beer (unless we found some Bud for wicked cheap, but I bet the slugs have better taste than that), probably yeasty sugary water. Midnight torch-lit raids will be a last resort.
None of which will protect our plants from the DEER we had in our garden a few weeks back.
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| Re: Doodah Doodah [message #49853 is a reply to message #49850 ] |
Fri, 18 May 2012 09:12 |
 Birdreader
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Have you tried marigolds? I know there is a marigold varity the keeps the deer out of the garden. (my dad used is in the northwoods of Wisconsin). Also I thought that coffee grinds kept slugs away but maybe that was something else. Good Luck!
Birdreader
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| Re: Doodah Doodah [message #49855 is a reply to message #49854 ] |
Fri, 18 May 2012 10:10 |
Birdreader
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Ask at your garden center for the marigolds - it is a special variety but I know that they work. Hope it helps.
Birdreader
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| Re: Doodah Doodah [message #49871 is a reply to message #49850 ] |
Sat, 19 May 2012 02:02 |
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equus_peduus
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| Katsheare wrote on Fri, 18 May 2012 03:12 |
None of which will protect our plants from the DEER we had in our garden a few weeks back.
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My grandfather swears that if you spray rose bushes with beaten egg yolks, deer won't touch them. I think it was egg yolks. It might have been whole eggs. Not having (or planning to have) roses, with or without deer, I'm afraid that part of information, while moderately interesting, fell out of my head. Fairly certain the eggs were plain though, without additives (though perhaps water to make it spray better?). I wonder if it would work for lettuces too? You'd have to wash the lettuce... but hopefully you're doing that anyway.
(My grandfather grew up in semi-rural Germany, and then was a farmer in England after the war. The second one. And then they moved to Canada after they had children, and eventually lived in mostly rural Vancouver Island, where there are many deer.)
[Updated on: Sat, 19 May 2012 02:04]
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| Re: Doodah Doodah [message #49883 is a reply to message #49881 ] |
Sat, 19 May 2012 21:04 |
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| shalea wrote on Sat, 19 May 2012 19:32 |
| equus_peduus wrote on Sat, 19 May 2012 02:02 |
| Katsheare wrote on Fri, 18 May 2012 03:12 |
None of which will protect our plants from the DEER we had in our garden a few weeks back.
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My grandfather swears that if you spray rose bushes with beaten egg yolks, deer won't touch them. I think it was egg yolks. It might have been whole eggs...
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But what if you actually have roses that you like the smell of? Won't the eggs start to smell off in fairly short order and mess up that part of rose enjoyment?
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^^ what she said.
*is puzzled*
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: Doodah Doodah [message #49889 is a reply to message #49883 ] |
Sun, 20 May 2012 03:07 |
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equus_peduus
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| b_twin_1 wrote on Sat, 19 May 2012 18:04 |
| shalea wrote on Sat, 19 May 2012 19:32 |
| equus_peduus wrote on Sat, 19 May 2012 02:02 |
| Katsheare wrote on Fri, 18 May 2012 03:12 |
None of which will protect our plants from the DEER we had in our garden a few weeks back.
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My grandfather swears that if you spray rose bushes with beaten egg yolks, deer won't touch them. I think it was egg yolks. It might have been whole eggs...
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But what if you actually have roses that you like the smell of? Won't the eggs start to smell off in fairly short order and mess up that part of rose enjoyment?
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^^ what she said.
*is puzzled*
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Dunno. I would presume that the egg dries, and therefore doesn't smell much, if at all. Though perhaps it's more of a which would you rather - a plant to look at, even if it smells funny, or no plant because the deer ate it? I will have to try to remember to ask my grandfather sometime soon...
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| Re: Doodah Doodah [message #49892 is a reply to message #49889 ] |
Sun, 20 May 2012 06:11 |
Katsheare
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| equus_peduus wrote on Sun, 20 May 2012 08:07 |
| b_twin_1 wrote on Sat, 19 May 2012 18:04 |
| shalea wrote on Sat, 19 May 2012 19:32 |
| equus_peduus wrote on Sat, 19 May 2012 02:02 |
| Katsheare wrote on Fri, 18 May 2012 03:12 |
None of which will protect our plants from the DEER we had in our garden a few weeks back.
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My grandfather swears that if you spray rose bushes with beaten egg yolks, deer won't touch them. I think it was egg yolks. It might have been whole eggs...
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But what if you actually have roses that you like the smell of? Won't the eggs start to smell off in fairly short order and mess up that part of rose enjoyment?
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^^ what she said.
*is puzzled*
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Dunno. I would presume that the egg dries, and therefore doesn't smell much, if at all. Though perhaps it's more of a which would you rather - a plant to look at, even if it smells funny, or no plant because the deer ate it? I will have to try to remember to ask my grandfather sometime soon...
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Since roses, good smelling or otherwise, hate our soil, this would be used pretty much entirely on veggies, which absolutely will be washed before going on plates. Though I may try protecting our new apple tree from the four-legged bandits... I do want to hear what your grandfather says, equus_peduus, about the proper mixture.
For the time being shells around each individual plant seems to be working, though maybe it's just too cold for slugs right now (thank you, SE England, for near-frosts clear into late May. No, really, I needed to be reminded why we left California...) and I'll check with friends who have lived here all their lives to see what they do.
Thank you for all the suggestions! This is my first time gardening, and I feel like even if I don't know what the heck I'm doing, I can find others who do, or sort of do, and feel much more confident moving forward (she says, falling into a freshly dug mound of... what is that?!?!?!)
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