Thursday, August 20, 2009

Radishes Growing Like Weeds

I can't bait the slugs if it rains all the time. It did not rain last night, but it did this morning. Yesterday evening, just in case, I placed the seedlings in the garage. Searching their holders, I found seven slugs!  Aargh. Must bait them this week-end.
I left several radish plants out there during the growing season for the slugs to nibble instead of eating the lettuces, and the radishes went to seed. Their offspring are coming up now. The plants look pretty nibbled, but some are surviving. It is neat to see a food crop emerge by no effort of your own past the initial planting. I guess that is one of the things permaculture is about. Fun.

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