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Re: [SG] Diatomaceous Earth / Slugs & Balance

At 03:39 PM 6/11/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Margaret,
>        Thanks for the suggestion on using ammonia to kill slugs in the
garden. I
>was aware of it from others mentioning the procedure. I do not use it as
>yet. I like to leave a few of the critters in the garden. There must be
>some of the population left to keep the birds  and toads coming back. If I
>eliminated them all everything would go out of balance.
>        One of the points I make in my slide presentations and lectures is
this
>balance. For example, in one lecture I end with a slide of  a turtle in the
>garden. Also have one of a baby bunny. This week I was fortunate enough to
>see and photograph a slug on a weed at the edge of the garden, a daddy
>longlegs under the bloom of the Wormroot and a moth on the thyme in bloom
>near the house.
>        I am as careful as possible in the nursery since I do not want to
>distribute and pest or disease to others. However there has not been any
>poison around here in almost 20 years. Now that I am getting a bit older I
>do use Roundup to help with the weeding.
>        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
>          around the woods - around the world
>genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
>
>----------
Gene, I might have known you'd have this together, too.  You're a very
bright fellow, and one whose life and attitudes I do admire.  But I'll bet
you're too proper to yell "Hee Haw, get along little weeds," when you start
out with the Roundup. ;-))))  Margaret
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