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After a cold and rainy start of spring, finally the beans are sprouting. We also have a bunch of tomatoes and brassicae.

Let's hope the abundant snails don't take too much.

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[–] ThrowawaySobriquet 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

My god, is everyone getting annihilated by the gastropods?

Also, what kind of beans?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If it's slugs that are bothering you, the dish of beer trick does wonders for me.

Put a shallow dish next to the problem plant and pour in some beer. The next morning you will have a dish full of dead slugs. Repeat for a few weeks until the problem goes away.

[–] callcc 2 points 6 months ago

I might give it a try. But it only works if it's not constantly raining. Unless... You put some roofing on those dishes

[–] callcc 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They mostly took some young salads. But we try to pick em up all the time and feed them to the chicken.

It's fava/broad beans in front and green beans in the back left of the picture.

[–] ThrowawaySobriquet 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But we try to pick em up all the time and feed them to the chicken

I gotta get out of the burbs. I saw a video once where someone made their garden inside a fence inside their chicken run. Kept calling it a "chicken moat" and ever since I've wanted poultry-based fortifications

[–] callcc 3 points 6 months ago

Hehe, yeah why not. I'll soon try what the chicken does when I let it run on the beds. We just got one recently and will get at least one or two more soon.