Tom has been really frustrated lately. It appears that our wonderful lettuce crop has been partially decimated by slugs. Ewwwww! I really hate slugs!
I went in search of non-chemical ways to attract slugs and stop them from making a pilgrimage through our garden...again. It seems that the most common ideas included sharing a beer with them. Well, I don't know about you, but we don't have beer in the house that often and when we do, I don't really care to share it with a slug!
Thinking about beer, I figured that the "yeasty" smell was probably what was appealing to our slimy intruders. So I thought I'd make my own slug bait. (I'm sure I'm not the only one who has come to this conclusion, but just in case...)
- A shallow plastic bowl (like from cottage cheese, sour cream, Cool Whip)
- Water
- Yeast
- Cut a hole in the lid
- Fill bowl half-way with water
- Add 1 heaping teaspoon of yeast and stir
- Place out in your garden
- Watch for the carnage (Warning: Graphic photo of dead slugs)
- Replace with fresh yeast/water as needed
- If you have chickens, they kinda like these "pickled" slugs...
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