Comments on: animals in compost heaps, slug control, rejuvenation pruning: q&a with ken druse

By: margaret

margaret — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 19:42:23 +0000

In reply to Em.

I don’t chip them, Em, but there is always somewhere with a long-handled shovel or a fork that I can poke stuff in, or I put it on top of a lower area that isn’t yet that high, and scoop a shovelful of finished compost over it, or pull some undecomposed garden waster over it. Hide and go seek!

By: Em

Em — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 19:34:02 +0000

You say your compost pile gets 7-8 feet tall in the spring but you’re still able to dig pockets for kitchen waste…do you chip all your garden trimmings so that’s it’s dig-able?

By: Sara

Sara — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:38:23 +0000

Hi, I’d like to send an “urgent garden question” please. I have a large no-till veggie and flower cutting garden. It is virtually weed free by using masses of mulch. Unfortunately we have started seeing huge problems the past few years with earwigs living in the mulch and feasing on various fruits, flowers etc. Last year they nipped off all the zinnia seedlings and were detrimental climbing and biting the fruit on our fruit trees. Any thoughts? I’m wondering if putting out the slug remedy of saucers of beer down the garden rows might help and wrapping the tree trucks with something sticky? The garden remedy needs to be feasible, it is a pretty BIG garden. Thanks!