Re: Birds/Slugs/Wildlife/My 2-cents worth

Marie,
It is great for you that you have not slugs but here on the Pacifac Coast if
I did nothing about slugs I would have no vegetable garden.  Absolutely none.
They are huge and there are thousands of them on our property.  I happen to
love fresh vegetables and enjoy growing them so I will have to continue to fight
them. These vegies are also better for my kids than those found in the
Supermarket.
I also have lots of birds and do not use very many chemicals.
Heather on Vancouver Island

>I have lots of birds (don't feed any of them), squirrels, chipmunks, garter
>snakes, and  toads.  I don't have any kids, dogs, and NO SLUGS.  I don't use
>any chemicals in the yard.  I fertilize with fish emulsion, compost and
>manure.  If something seems to be eating my plants, I spray with plain soap
>and water.  Maybe I am a naive newbie, but cutting open the bellies of slugs
>with gritty material, throwing them in the road to be run over by cars or
>spreading chemicals that will eventually be the destruction of this planet
>as we know it, is not my cup of tea.  If my plants can't survive in the
>environment that I provide for them, then I need to find other plants.  This
>is not meant to offend anyone - just my opinion.
>
>Marie
>Z5
>Massachusetts
>-----Original Message-----
>From: DScha62861@aol.com <DScha62861@aol.com>
>To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
>Date: Sunday, July 12, 1998 4:26 AM
>Subject: Re: Birds (and corrections)
>
>
>>oops!  Didn't intend to offend.
>>What I should have said.  Was I myself have never seen birds eat plants
>before
>>and they could be destroying the plants while eating insects.
>>Like I said it was just a thought, not a disagreement about what you have
>seen
>>the birds doing and I apologize for it coming out that way.
>>
>>Deb
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