Drink Your Coffee and Keep Your Garden Nice
by Louie Jerome on Jun 02, 2007 with 3 Comments
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to sit and drink coffee and keep your garden looking good at the same time?
Here’s how to do it:
Sorry to spoil your appetite for the coffee but do you recall those slimy creatures that eat your plants and leave white trails all over the patios? Yes, I mean slugs. Slugs don’t like to drink coffee.
Save the coffee grounds from your machine and let them dry. Sprinkle this around your plants, especially the ones that slugs seem to prefer, like delphiniums and hostas. Apparently slugs react badly to caffeine. It shrinks up their bodies and kills them off, so they will stay away from your plants, while you brew up again.
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Lucy Lockett | Jun 6, 2007 | Reply
Not too much though otherwise it will the plant!
Darlene McFarlane | Jun 8, 2007 | Reply
This is good to know. An easy and effective way to get rid of the little pests. My daighter has a lot of trouble with slugs, I will send her the link.
Ruby Hawk | Oct 30, 2007 | Reply
Excellent information for all who are bothered by slugs.