Zonkerbl wrote:Just this summer learned that the reason all the plants in my backyard were dying was because slugs were coming out at night and eating them all. My mom told me to dig a hole and put a cup of beer in it -- I drowned about thirty slugs that way, yuck.
We're pretty good at growing basil and oregano and stuff, but would need to grow about ten times as much to use it every day. In three years I think we've harvested about ten tomatoes. This year we tried squash but they all died. Back yard doesn't get much sunlight, and we don't know the hell what we're doing. Bought a blueberry bush and got a few blueberries a week from it, I consider that a success.
Zonk - It's really tough without enough sunlight. You might try some lettuces as they tend to not need as much sun. Also, try working in some composted manure into the soil this fall for next summer's crop.
I'd have given his family some of the produce, but they don't eat many veggies over there. Not unless you count cheese.
