greetings from Chile….I was looking for a pumpking soup recipe..what did I find…an interesting blog with a bunch of wine loving drinking pals that care about sharing work in the raising of veggies…nice photos…best of luck with the slugs…hand picking works best…but yuckky!
the pumpkin I was searching recipes for, was grown over the summer (we are now going into winter) in our 4 hectare land plot where we have white, red and black grapevines planted, 40 avocado trees, three great very old fig, lots of apricots, peach and plump trees, and in season a large vegetable garden that produces lots of good earth stuff, also organic so we fight critters and bugs….
maria elena - How wonderful to receive your comment - thank you for your kind words. 4 hectares sounds like a lot, but what a wonderful lush variety of fruit and veg you grow. I do hope that you return to Pumpkin Soup and give us updates from time to time.
Slug snipping? Sounds truly disgusting. I have just received some slug pellets that I ordered from the Organic Gardening Catalogue that HDRA (or whatever they’re now called) say are in keeping with organic prinicples. They’re safe for anything but slugs and snails and break down into the soil after about 6 weeks. No idea if they’re effective, but we’ll see. They’re certainly a very pretty turquoise colour!
It is rather yuk. but I hated beer traps full of the things. this way I snip and leave - good for the rest of the wildlife!
still worried about pellets as I have an 18 month daughter
Slugs must be abolished at every opportunity - otherwise they will take over the world - has any ‘formal’ research been done on this or am I the only person to know?
I prefer the ‘collecting them in a plastic bag’ method (bag turned inside out over your hand so you don’t have to have slug slime on your hands for the next hour or so). Gather as many as you can in the bag but leaving room at the top - then bring bag back up over your hand and tie a knot in the top so they slowly suffocate.
Such joy to my heart.
Lottie - Welcome and thanks for thecompliment! For a reasonable sum, the gang can be available at weddings, parties and bar mitzvahs, but I’m afraid you’ll have to look elsewhere for allotment help - their hard graft is all mine!
Viv - You should introduce yourself to the readers (that’s her in the gang photo, third from the right, looking luscious as usual)! And your murderous slug joy is slightly worrying. A bit too much enjoyment in that description of plastic bag suffocation, methinks.
This is a great photo! That’s one unstoppable slug.
(31.05.06 @ 10:47 pm)
Dig that crazy stripy skirt - flamenco slugs are the bane of my life!
(31.05.06 @ 10:49 pm)
I can hear the castanets! Or is it the drums, Fernando?
(31.05.06 @ 10:50 pm)
That’ll be the slugs stamping.
(31.05.06 @ 10:52 pm)
greetings from Chile….I was looking for a pumpking soup recipe..what did I find…an interesting blog with a bunch of wine loving drinking pals that care about sharing work in the raising of veggies…nice photos…best of luck with the slugs…hand picking works best…but yuckky!
the pumpkin I was searching recipes for, was grown over the summer (we are now going into winter) in our 4 hectare land plot where we have white, red and black grapevines planted, 40 avocado trees, three great very old fig, lots of apricots, peach and plump trees, and in season a large vegetable garden that produces lots of good earth stuff, also organic so we fight critters and bugs….
maria elena
(01.06.06 @ 12:34 pm)
Slugs stamping?? I find stamping on the slugs works best….
(01.06.06 @ 2:10 pm)
maria elena - How wonderful to receive your comment - thank you for your kind words. 4 hectares sounds like a lot, but what a wonderful lush variety of fruit and veg you grow. I do hope that you return to Pumpkin Soup and give us updates from time to time.
Soo - Effective. Bad for karma, but hey…
(01.06.06 @ 10:06 pm)
i snip the slugs with scissors - still yukky!
Nematodes work well though
(02.06.06 @ 11:33 pm)
Slug snipping? Sounds truly disgusting. I have just received some slug pellets that I ordered from the Organic Gardening Catalogue that HDRA (or whatever they’re now called) say are in keeping with organic prinicples. They’re safe for anything but slugs and snails and break down into the soil after about 6 weeks. No idea if they’re effective, but we’ll see. They’re certainly a very pretty turquoise colour!
(03.06.06 @ 9:16 am)
It is rather yuk. but I hated beer traps full of the things. this way I snip and leave - good for the rest of the wildlife!
still worried about pellets as I have an 18 month daughter
(03.06.06 @ 10:25 pm)
what a great blog. Do you rent out your ‘mob’ for other alloment makeovers? It looked great fun.
What is the latest news on the plot?
(11.06.06 @ 10:58 pm)
Slugs must be abolished at every opportunity - otherwise they will take over the world - has any ‘formal’ research been done on this or am I the only person to know?
I prefer the ‘collecting them in a plastic bag’ method (bag turned inside out over your hand so you don’t have to have slug slime on your hands for the next hour or so). Gather as many as you can in the bag but leaving room at the top - then bring bag back up over your hand and tie a knot in the top so they slowly suffocate.
Such joy to my heart.
(14.06.06 @ 5:32 pm)
Lottie - Welcome and thanks for thecompliment! For a reasonable sum, the gang can be available at weddings, parties and bar mitzvahs, but I’m afraid you’ll have to look elsewhere for allotment help - their hard graft is all mine!
Viv - You should introduce yourself to the readers (that’s her in the gang photo, third from the right, looking luscious as usual)! And your murderous slug joy is slightly worrying. A bit too much enjoyment in that description of plastic bag suffocation, methinks.
(14.06.06 @ 11:24 pm)