Sunday, June 14
We finally had rain... lots of rain! Too much rain! The back of my garden was under water with earthworms floating on top of Lake Wu. The cucumbers have been a delightful banquet for the local slugs and other various bugs have taken great joy in consuming much of the vegetation not under water. I searched the net and found the following recipe for a bug-slug deterrent
SLUG-BUG SPRAY
1 garlic bulb
1 quart of water
1 medium onion
1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon liquid dish soap
Crush the garlic, mincing it fine. Add finely chopped onion to the mixture, while adding the rest of the ingredients except the soap. Wait an hour before adding the soap to the mixture. The spicy ingredients must sort of stew or steep, almost like tea. Por through a fine sieve or cheesecloth. After an hour, add the soap and your non-toxic spray is ready to use! This can be stored in the fridge for a week.
Using Plants To Attract The Good Bugs
Have you wondered why Marigolds are suggested keep the bugs out of your organic garden?Because some plants attract the good bugs, who eat the bad bugs! These are some suggestions of plants to attract the good bugs to use as organic gardening pest control.
* Alyssum
* Butterfly weed
* Caraway
* Clover
* Coriander
* Dill
* Fennel
* Marigolds
* Nasturtiums
* Wild carrot
* Yarrow
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Im so happy to see all of you coming in for plants just soooooo happy and enjoying the Community Garden so much. Just what I always wanted to see!!!! We still have lots of veggies to choose from for those of you whose gardens have washed away, drowned, or otherwise eaten by the slugs. Its been a tough year for ALL my customers in the vegetable garden but perseverance is a must. It will happen. Although temps in the 40s tonight should take care of your basil once and for all!!!!! Don't worry we have plenty. Just in case your not up for the home made slug remidies, I have several all organic and natural products to use in the garden that are very effective for slugs and also cutworms which seem to have been a problem this year. If anyone has any problems or concerns about their garden or just a few questions reguarding anything from fertilizers to fungicides please stop in and ask. We would like to help in any way we can.
And please don't forget to take advantage of the 10% off all Community Garden members receive on veggie plants, seeds and other items for your plot. I have a master list of members but don't know everyone just yet. So please remind us who you are when checking out!
I just want to thank everyone who has joined us in our first year. Although I haven't been able to come down to visit myself, hard to get away from the Nusery at this time of year, I can feel the excitement and energy of it all from everyone who stops in. I can't wait to come on down.
Happy and dry gardening to All!!!
JOHN T. ACERBI
Litchfield Hills Nursery
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