Oh no! Lucy and I noticed the baby slugs this morning when we went out to water the wood pallet garden. I know everyone has to eat, but come on! I’m not growing this lettuce for the slugs.
The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird informed me we are hosting a pasta feed for her team this weekend. Oh joy! In addition to pasta I will be serving salad. Fresh from the garden and the greenhouse. I hope the kids like it.
Strawberries usually ripen towards the end of June around here. We have strawberries growing in wood pallets, in greenhouse gutters and along side the house. By the looks of the berry blossoms everywhere we should get a bumper crop this year.
Lucy inspecting the celery.
Spinach.
It appears the slugs got the the bok choy as well. I guess I’ll have to harvest it soon if I expect to get any.
And last but not least, the romaine lettuce. Come to mama! Doesn’t it look great. After I harvest the lettuce for the pasta feed {in the other pallet} I think I’ll plant some more romaine. For some strange reason romaine lettuce thrives in our pallet garden.
Have you tried pallet gardening yet?
~Mavis
Want to learn more about wood pallet gardening and how I put mine together? Click on the pallets above and it will take you to my first pallet garden post of the year. You’ll also learn what to look for when choosing a pallet.
Amanda says
I have a friend who swears by the beer trick for slugs. I’ve not tried it, but lord knows I HATE slugs. I tend to walk around without shoes and there is not much that will creep me out more than stepping on a slug YUCK!
Wendy says
I hope the “beer solutions” are effective–but that one little slug pictured is just SO cute–those little antlers…..still-I wouldn’t like him eating my food, nor would I like to step on his slimy self…..
ay jay says
Try setting up beer traps. They work!
Marcy says
I hear ducks do a good job….they also lay eggs that are supposed to be awesome for baking!
Shereen Travels Cheap says
I hate slugs in my garden, but that photo is just so darn cute. I have used chili powder in my beds to keep them at bay. It seems to work fairly well and keeps other bugs from wanting to nibble on them, too.
Also, I just gotta say, I love all the pics of Lucy checking out the plants. She’s so curious. It’s adorable.
Wynne says
I’ve seen chickens eat slugs. The were coached with small slug pieces first so that they developed a taste for them. If you have room to put in a little pond, though, I’d totally go with ducks.
Angie Smith says
Slugs+free chicken food. Ours love the slimy little things!
Angie Smith says
Oops! Slugs = free chicken food. 🙂
Jenn says
Sluggo is just Iron Phosphate (not nasty except to slugs)plants actually like the stuff. We had an actual slug freeway on our deck rail complete with traffic jams last year. Looked like 405 at rush hour. So far so good this year. I have heard the local banana slugs only eat rotting plants though (spare the banana slugs!) They are kinda cool anyway. Not sure if Sluggo gets them or not.