slug moat

[paul wheaton]

In some regions, a garden can be completely wiped out by slugs in one day. There are dozens of strategies for mitigating this problem, but this was the first time I saw a "slug moat"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HirUchhRX4c

 

[moolie]

Huh, that's pretty elaborate!

We just sprinkle play sand around our garden plants--the slugs don't like to cross it

 

[big brown horse]

Thanks to DrakeMaiden's tip, I picked up a 50 pound (I kid you not) box of coffee grounds from Starbucks at the grocery store. They had 2 more and asked if I wanted them. Heck I could barely carry the one! I had to put it in the grocery cart.

Sprinkled some around my garden in question...No more slugs.

The moat is very cool though Paul Wheaton.