Gardening > Pest ControlJuly 18, 2008

Get an easy to clean manual grinder (one used for grinding onions, etc.) (Look for at yard sales, second hand stores). Collect slugs (4-5 will do) Put in grinder top with water. Grind up. Put into bowl covered with cheesecloth. Put juice in a 2 Litre pop bottle, top with water. Use dollar store sprayer to spray the ground or poke holes in the cap and sprinkle the complete perimeter of your garden.(Wear rubber gloves to do this, you will not want this smelly solution on your hands) Repeat process after rain. Slugs (and lots of other annoying insects and animals such as flies, mosquitoes, cats and dogs hate the smell and will go elsewhere. It's INEXPENSIVE, VERY EFFECTIVE (most importantly), and less time-consuming than going to the store for slug bait or emptying the slug traps. I am a bit ashamed to admit I did enjoy grinding the slugs after what they did to my plants, you may experience this feeling too!!!

Source: I must have read this somewhere but it was so long ago that I do not know where it was. Probably a Readers Digest Problem Solver Book.

By Christine from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

By chrissy1313

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