GONE TO GROUND
When Andi and Talj arrived on Saturday Andi gave me this.....
I'd heard about the latest idea that coffee grounds could help repel slugs but I hadn't realised that they also attract earthworms....and are a GREAT soil conditioner. The Little Gem lettuces are doing really well (we'll be harvesting some this week)....................
but I have noticed the odd slug and snail holes...I don't mind them having a little but I don't want them to demolish the lot so I've sprinkled some of the grounds alongside each plant! Good for Starbucks who are supplying these bags of grounds free of charge.
I've also put some around the delphiniums and the hostas......................
it would be lovely to have a slug free Hosta year.
I'd heard about the latest idea that coffee grounds could help repel slugs but I hadn't realised that they also attract earthworms....and are a GREAT soil conditioner. The Little Gem lettuces are doing really well (we'll be harvesting some this week)....................
but I have noticed the odd slug and snail holes...I don't mind them having a little but I don't want them to demolish the lot so I've sprinkled some of the grounds alongside each plant! Good for Starbucks who are supplying these bags of grounds free of charge.
I've also put some around the delphiniums and the hostas......................
it would be lovely to have a slug free Hosta year. Having Talj here taking photographs has really made me see our plants is a new light. The close-up shots she takes are fantastic and show up minute details that I don't see with the naked eye. All the years Mick and I have grown Tumbling Ted (Saponaria Ocymoides) we had never realised that it had BLUE stamens, stigma and pollen. This photo was taken by Talj..................................................
brilliant isn't it......................... I think I'll stick to frogs!!!
brilliant isn't it......................... I think I'll stick to frogs!!!
