rec.gardens.ecosystems homepage -> archive: MOD$010304.29895@rec.gardens.ecosystems



Subject: Re: RE: Do slugs hate copper?
From: "John H. Immink" <ecologicals1@home.com>
Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 01 20:44:57
Message-ID: <MOD$010304.29895@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$010222.5560@rec.gardens.ecosystems> <MOD$010224.13467@rec.gardens.ecosystems>



Yup. Used 2 hens (and a smug looking rooster) and while they controlled the
slugs, they also kept the garden's seedlings nicely trimmed...
Next I used 2 ducks. Nice looking, quiet, did the job on anything that
crawled. Not as messy or noisy as geese.

wrote in message
news:MOD$010224.13467@rec.gardens.ecosystems...
>
> I have been told that keeping a couple of hens, or a single goose will
> end slug problems. Can anyone here verify that with personal experiene?
>
>