Sunday 5th August 2012 Thunder, lightning and torrential downpours again today?? |
Kill or Cure
This set my mind thinking. The Three (now Two) Sisters are growing well and, now that I have cleared the potatoes (not to mention the waist high jungle of sow thistles), I can just make out lines of struggling, nibbled beans and even a few pathetic little beetroot seedlings. If I leave things as they are, this is precisely how things will stay, as the poor little plants just can't make it past the munching attacks this year.
So a decision was made. Let the chickens in. The worst they could do would be to scratch and peck a few plants out, but without their help there'd be no harvest anyway. Besides, a bit of extra freedom and protein might up the egg production again.
The chickens, and the guineafowl, set to work immediately. What a shame they can be so destructive with their earth scratching and penchant for fresh green leaves.
Hopefully Lady Guinea will soon produce a troupe of insect munching (OK, slugs are not actually insects) baby fowl.
But this incident has made my mind up about something else. I definitely need some ducks to help out. Anybody know where to get some Cayugas?
On another positive note, I did find two toads while I was weeding today. Not quite enough to eat all the slugs, but a start.
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