I've just been out in the garden snipping all the dead flowers from my rose bushes. It was just the therapy I needed after a rather hectic week. Next week is looking to be even busier so it was nice to take some slow time just snipping away and tidying things up before a party we have here on Monday.
Unfortunately we are still having trouble with slaters chewing away at the base of the sweetcorn plants. They keep tipping over. :( Pretty much all of my beans got chewed away and now they're attacking the sweetcorn. I think I'm going to have to resort to a bait of some kind. While I prefer to garden organically, I still think we're better off using a small amount of non-organic method than not succeeding in the garden at all.
I'll let you know how things go.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Garden Therapy
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I put a grapefruit, cut in half, cut side down in the garden, and my slaters finally left my plants alone. My goodness did they love the zucchini though. Out of one punnet of 8 plants, only one survived, and they ate most of the leaves before I could get the grapefruit organized.
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