I don't use weedkillers though, other than vinegar + washing up liquid and salt.
The biggest enemy I face in the garden are brambles- and even then they have berries so harvest and cut back.
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The biggest enemy I face in the garden are brambles- and even then they have berries so harvest and cut back.
Indeed
Oh, but listen, my dear friend and fellow exterminator of the unwanted: You haven't truly lived until you've sprayed that nasty bit of seemingly immortal weed of Satan and watched it wither, literally within minutes!
It makes me all warm and fuzzy just to think about it.
Just be careful with your aim. I'm not sure the missus has yet forgiven me for what happened to her rose bush. But the weeds were gone!
Trouble is, my brambles are the Hans Gruber of weeds- they grow underneath or very near fruit and veg and hold them hostage.
The only way to get rid of them is to Yippie Kay Ay rip them out like John.
biggest enemy in my garden are the stunt slugs, and parachuting snails - they are destroying my Borlotti beans!
There is absolutely no way they should be able to get to them, but every day - a few more leaves / plants disappear !
Declutter, make as much space around them as possible, encourage frogs and toads / birds to eat them.
I have a massive toad, hedgehogs and loads of birds who just tuck in all the time.
Oh, but that's the beauty of Roundup, at least the kind I buy over here: You just spray the leaves of the offending weed. It not only causes it to wither, it invades the plant itself and travels all they way through its roots, destroying every bit of it on its uncaring, merciless journey.
Whoah. Bunk time again, I think!
I remember one time I had a rat issue, so I went to the local Home Depot to see if they had any rat traps. And this kid tried to sell me on all kinds of gadgets designed to scare the rats away or repel or what have you. And, being the polite type that I am, I listened patiently to his whole "humane" sales spiel until he was done and then, calmly, explained to him that I didn't want to "drive them off." I wanted to kill them, murder them, eradicate them, bathe in the glorious sounds of their agonized screams as they prepared to meet their hellish maker, WIPE THEM OUT!
Sure, it got me another appointment with my parole officer as well as an addition to my restraining order, but at least I got the traps I wanted, so it was worth it.
Sound advice. They are in raised beds, - but will see what I can do - perhaps build a ladder for the hedgehogs
I've tried to train the cat, but he doesn't seem that interested.
Never thought about toads - we have a few around our garden - will see if I can coax them - perhaps some sort of signage - sort of Kumo burger equiv, but involving slugs?
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Doesn't work if you have a cat. look at his mother garden
I don't like hedgehogs. Too difficult to pet. And I really, really don't want to hear about your massive toad! Yeah, I know what you meant!
This is the way!
Our allotment is near a wooded area and we get organised raiding parties of squirrels.
One sits guard while the others make for strawberries and corn on the cob's - one they get what they want they leg it about 200m and up a tree usually carrying the cobs.
In the spring it's common to find small oak trees growing where they've buried acorns and forgot.
One sits guard while the others make for strawberries and corn on the cob's - one they get what they want they leg it about 200m and up a tree usually carrying the cobs.
In the spring it's common to find small oak trees growing where they've buried acorns and forgot.
Make lemonade. Deep fried squirrels are quite delicious!
No choice huh?I'm already 30 minutes late for work, because of this thread.
It made me watch this:
