{"id":145007,"date":"2024-06-09T19:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-an-eco-friendly-grower-so-why-do-i-want-to-murder-all-these-vile-slugs-claire-ratinon\/"},"modified":"2024-06-09T19:21:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T12:21:41","slug":"im-an-eco-friendly-grower-so-why-do-i-want-to-murder-all-these-vile-slugs-claire-ratinon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-an-eco-friendly-grower-so-why-do-i-want-to-murder-all-these-vile-slugs-claire-ratinon\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m an eco-friendly grower \u2013 so why do I want to murder all these vile slugs? | Claire Ratinon"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe warm winter and wet spring spawned a mollusc army. Now they\u2019ve invaded my brassicas, I\u2019m at war with my conscienceIt\u2019s the beginning of summer, yet as I type these words, I\u2019m watching sheets of rain coming down at an angle as my chickens cower under their hen house. Aside from a few gloriously sunny days, it feels like the rain hasn\u2019t stopped since the middle of last autumn. While most of my plants appreciate the moisture, the wetter than usual weather has led to some issues in my veg patch.Our heavy clay soil is more compacted than ever and the slugs and snails now reign, busily mowing down the young plants I raised from seed and entrusted to the veg beds. They came for the lettuces first, which didn\u2019t survive their first night in the soil. Then they came for the brassicas \u2013 the radishes, the kohlrabi and the red Russian kale \u2013 stripping their leaves back to the scrawny mid-rib, destroying the centre so there was no chance of them growing back. After I convinced myself that they wouldn\u2019t go for strong flavours, they devoured the coriander and dill seedlings that I\u2019d planted, too. All the crops that I\u2019d hoped to be harvesting by now are nowhere to be seen.Claire Ratinon is an organic food grower and writer Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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