The good thing about just wandering out to the garden to look at all the lovelies is that you don't have to get into your de-slugging attire (rubber gloves, rolled up sleeves, hair pinned back, bucket in hand).
The bad part is that you will surely become distracted - by slugs. Well, slugs and snails. Let's just call them slugs this morning, for, uh... fun.
The good part is that you will get so much exercise making not one but - yeah, that's right, five trips to the secret slug re-location drop-off point, whilst, each trip, balancing a group of two to nine little monsters....er... slugs... on whatever tiny morsel of bark chip or such you managed to find handy.
The bad part is that the gnarliest, fattest, biggest slug of them all will in fact be the least sluggish and will awaken, become curious and crawl onto your hand en route to the aforementioned point. Of course, on that particular trip, you will be carrying gastropod eradicator pods in each hand and you will thus be rendered helpless to thwart said slug's progress up your wrist.
Ah...... good morning!
Monday, April 29, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
10 GARDENING TIPS FROM A PRO
(What? I am pro-gardening. Everyone knows that.)
1) If the weather forecast predicts a low of 36 in your town, yes, your yard will frost over. No, your neighbors' yards will not frost over. No, no-one will believe you. Yes, the worst area of frost will be where you recently planted the most expensive flowers.
2) If your irises are over-run with slugs, here is a foolproof method for saving them: Simply plant daylilies among them. Problem solved.
3) If your daylilies are over-run with slugs, simply plant celery among them.
4) If your celery is over-run with slugs, go buy some cause it is either poison that shit or post a full time slug patrol.
5) The best time to pull weeds in the Willamette Valley is constantly.
6) Cayenne pepper placed under tulips will keep the moles from eating them - until they are in mid-bloom.
7) Cats do not deter moles. They are too busy lying in the plant pots.
8) Cats also enjoy lying on freshly planted beds.
9) Cats also lie in established beds......
10) Lying in wait to kill birds.
1) If the weather forecast predicts a low of 36 in your town, yes, your yard will frost over. No, your neighbors' yards will not frost over. No, no-one will believe you. Yes, the worst area of frost will be where you recently planted the most expensive flowers.
2) If your irises are over-run with slugs, here is a foolproof method for saving them: Simply plant daylilies among them. Problem solved.
3) If your daylilies are over-run with slugs, simply plant celery among them.
4) If your celery is over-run with slugs, go buy some cause it is either poison that shit or post a full time slug patrol.
5) The best time to pull weeds in the Willamette Valley is constantly.
6) Cayenne pepper placed under tulips will keep the moles from eating them - until they are in mid-bloom.
7) Cats do not deter moles. They are too busy lying in the plant pots.
8) Cats also enjoy lying on freshly planted beds.
9) Cats also lie in established beds......
10) Lying in wait to kill birds.
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