So! The slugs have truely declared war on our plot - yes, a few tomato plants were eaten, a few (lots actually) strawberries, and this and that. But they ate all the pumpkins and courgettes! Look!
 |
| eaten... |
 |
| ...yum, said the slug... |
 |
| ...mmmm said the snail |
Well, this was not a good find! We blame the harsh constantly wet weather, allowing a smooth path for the slugs and snails to slime over, and find our plants. And the fact we have not used any chemicals yet - the will is strong now...
Instead of accepting defeat, we decided to retreat for a while - planting the tomato plants we had fortunately stockpiled into bigger pots and storing them in the potting shed; as you can see below...
We then went about weeding and clearing up the plot somewhat, and took advantage of the dry weather to paint our handrail with weatherproofing to keep it from rotting...
No comments:
Post a Comment