Thanks for letting me know. I am looking forward to harvesting them. ... http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=wl_hotmailnews ... ...
Does anybody have any experience with this Andean root? I live in San Francisco but am from Sao Paulo in Brazil where it is a popular vegetable -- and one of...
Erica, In regards to your querie re. aracacha. When I lived in the Yungas valleys of Bolivia we ate it all the time. I grew over a wide range, from the chilly...
Thanks, Maikito... For what I've read so far the season would be long, a full year (with a new variety ripening at 7 months). Then again, the pictures I've ...
HI, This is my very first post here. I am TRYING to get as much inspiration as possible to try and create a permaculture garden where I live. It is a small...
Juliano
juliano8@...
Dec 1, 2007 9:16 am
1939
Hi I had/have an identical problem - had to use different methods all the time. Went out at night slug hunting and collected them and took them in a bucket to...
Hello Juliano Have you never heard of Nematodes? You can buy them in a dried condition, mix them with water and water onto your garden. These little darlings...
I completely solved my slug and snail problem by using Rosy Predator Snail, if it is OK to use them where you are I would try them, --[but they can make native...
In a message dated 12/1/2007 3:51:15 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, biker_muggridge@... writes: Hello Juliano Have you never heard of Nematodes? You can...
... We have cool damp conditions most summers and a major slug/snail problem as well. I use a 'slug bait' that is non-poisonous to anything else; it is based...
Hello everyone (this is Steve, previously of icculus2000@...) Slugs are tenacious and hardy, but they are limited in some ways which makes them easier to...
Slugs eh? I had a problem with slugs out in BC. We were losing whole brassica and squash sections of our two acre garden to slug damage.We had huge success...
Travis Philp
trphilp@...
Dec 1, 2007 5:49 pm
1951
Slugs are not a "problem" they are a symptom of the real problem, which is too much moisture and too much raw, rotting vegetation in your soil. Keep things...
... This is not always true. Also, it's difficult to keep things drier in a rainy place, such as where we live. Some springs, we have weeks and weeks on end...
.. .. there's one type of duck ... That would be the Muscovy -- a South American tree waterfowl. Very easy to keep. Doesn't need a pond either, just a little...
In a message dated 12/1/2007 5:45:22 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ces@... writes: That would be the Muscovy -- a South American tree waterfowl. Very easy ...
Ducks also eat your precious plants, or walk on them, and they leave their slippery and smelly mess around too, so for a small garden (in my opinion) they...
That would be the Muscovy -- a South American tree waterfowl. Very easy to keep. Doesn't need a pond either, just a little pool of water. Even without clipping...
It will have to be a multi-pronged assault unfortunately. Like plugging holes in a leaky dam with your fingers. That said some precautions as well as...
These people claim that using copper tools prevents slugs.. http://implementations.co.uk/main_pages/slugs_and_snails.html Interesting, but you should make them...
--using rings of copper pipe around the base of plants that are free standing will also deter snails and Slugs, but it only works if they must crawl over them...
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