It's time to stake your tomatoes or build cages around them. Plant beets and carrots for a late-fall crop. If your lettuce has given its all ... plant another crop of beans in its place. Thin crowded plantings of carrots, beets and herbs. Give them a good watering when the job is finished to help the roots of remaining plants recover from any damage your pulling may have inflicted. If you planted Basil continuously remove all the clusters of flower buds that form at the stem ends the minute you see them forming. This will encourage nice bushy plants and a continuing supply of leaves. Now let's talk slugs (yuck) .
.. if you have problems with them place beer-filled plastic tubs or saucers in the garden (yes, beer), set container level with the soil to lure slugs to a drunken death. (Studies show they prefer imported beer.) Or place a few old boards in the garden and turn them over every morning to find slugs as they sleep. Dispose of them by dropping them into soapy water. Whew a gardener's work is never done. ~ Chef ~
.. if you have problems with them place beer-filled plastic tubs or saucers in the garden (yes, beer), set container level with the soil to lure slugs to a drunken death. (Studies show they prefer imported beer.) Or place a few old boards in the garden and turn them over every morning to find slugs as they sleep. Dispose of them by dropping them into soapy water. Whew a gardener's work is never done. ~ Chef ~
