Comments on: The slugs, the beer, and the squirrel: Part 2 http://www.familyfriendlyfood.com/2010/06/the-slugs-the-beer-and-the-squirrel-part-2/ A blog for people who crave good home-made food but maybe will never buy a chef’s knife. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:58:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Stephanie http://www.familyfriendlyfood.com/2010/06/the-slugs-the-beer-and-the-squirrel-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-17035 Stephanie Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:31:57 +0000 http://www.familyfriendlyfood.com/?p=3512#comment-17035 You may send me your lettuce. :-) I am having terrible luck with mine. First, cutworms ate half of my seedlings. Then, the ones that were left have been swiss-cheesed by the slugs. The weather has been awful here, and everything is taking forever to grow. :-( Another thought on trying to foil the beer stealing squirrel- a piece of chicken wire or bird netting over the top of your butter tub. If you staked it down really well, it might keep them from pulling it up. In the past I've used non-alcoholic beer (it's all we ever have) and it worked. I don't do beer traps anymore because our slug problem is so bad that it gets too expensive to keep buying beer just for that purpose. Now I'm testing some spray made with cinnamon oil that I got at the nursery (I thought it might last longer than the iron pellets, which I go through fast). Mixed results so far. You may send me your lettuce. :-)
I am having terrible luck with mine. First, cutworms ate half of my seedlings. Then, the ones that were left have been swiss-cheesed by the slugs. The weather has been awful here, and everything is taking forever to grow. :-(

Another thought on trying to foil the beer stealing squirrel- a piece of chicken wire or bird netting over the top of your butter tub. If you staked it down really well, it might keep them from pulling it up. In the past I’ve used non-alcoholic beer (it’s all we ever have) and it worked. I don’t do beer traps anymore because our slug problem is so bad that it gets too expensive to keep buying beer just for that purpose. Now I’m testing some spray made with cinnamon oil that I got at the nursery (I thought it might last longer than the iron pellets, which I go through fast). Mixed results so far.

]]> By: Nurit - 1 family. friendly. food. http://www.familyfriendlyfood.com/2010/06/the-slugs-the-beer-and-the-squirrel-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-17027 Nurit - 1 family. friendly. food. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:50:59 +0000 http://www.familyfriendlyfood.com/?p=3512#comment-17027 Yeah, local beer, I just thought about it this morning ;-) Still need to go out and check on today's status. Suburban Cowboy suggests to put a rock inside the container. Why didn't you take the caterpillars out with your fingers? Yeah, local beer, I just thought about it this morning ;-)
Still need to go out and check on today’s status.
Suburban Cowboy suggests to put a rock inside the container.
Why didn’t you take the caterpillars out with your fingers?

]]> By: Tamar http://www.familyfriendlyfood.com/2010/06/the-slugs-the-beer-and-the-squirrel-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-17025 Tamar Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:38:22 +0000 http://www.familyfriendlyfood.com/?p=3512#comment-17025 So the beer didn't work? Maybe they didn't like the kind you bought. Try a local Seattle brew. The slugs are more familiar to locally raised hops then foreign hops. Just a theory, I have no idea. I'm just glad we killed 5 caterpillars even though we resorted to chemicals. So the beer didn’t work? Maybe they didn’t like the kind you bought. Try a local Seattle brew. The slugs are more familiar to locally raised hops then foreign hops. Just a theory, I have no idea. I’m just glad we killed 5 caterpillars even though we resorted to chemicals.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.familyfriendlyfood.com/2010/06/the-slugs-the-beer-and-the-squirrel-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-16994 Amanda Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:26:45 +0000 http://www.familyfriendlyfood.com/?p=3512#comment-16994 What a gorgeous dish!! I hope the problem gets solved asap... I know we have LOTS of slugs but I never knew we could get rid of them! :) What a gorgeous dish!! I hope the problem gets solved asap… I know we have LOTS of slugs but I never knew we could get rid of them! :)

]]> By: lo http://www.familyfriendlyfood.com/2010/06/the-slugs-the-beer-and-the-squirrel-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-16988 lo Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:33:38 +0000 http://www.familyfriendlyfood.com/?p=3512#comment-16988 That is some seriously delicious looking pasta! And maybe that's the best trick of all -- stealing the greens away from the slugs before they ever have a chance to NOM on it! :) .-= lo´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BurpWhereFoodHappens/~3/cRSkXrjcbbE/learning-to-lurve-liver-three-spice.html" rel="nofollow">Learning to Lurve Liver: Three Spice Liver Pate</a> =-. That is some seriously delicious looking pasta! And maybe that’s the best trick of all — stealing the greens away from the slugs before they ever have a chance to NOM on it! :)
.-= lo´s last blog ..Learning to Lurve Liver: Three Spice Liver Pate =-.

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