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09 May 10 Lucy (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Dogs are great like that. I love my dog but she does get in the way of my gardening. I put a strip of gaffa tape over the top of the jar that I embed in the soil, that way my dog can't stick her snout in. I only fill the jar up half way too. I've always been very anti-poison, but because of Tassie's bumper winter rainfall and summer heat the slugs are terrible this year, so I stuck some bait in a takeaway container with a hole cut out in the side. That way the dog can't get to it and the soil isn't contaminated either. Mind you the slugs still exist, it just slows them down a little...

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30 May 10 Diana (Australia - temperate climate)

I experimented with lemon or orange peelings last year and it helped with the snail and slug problem. I put the peelings inside a container near the veggie bed in the afternoon. Early next morning, many snail and slug in the container. Easy method to dispose them.

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