Sandy repellent for all critters

[Guest guest]

I just this summer discovered a simple critter repellent -- Sand!

 

How do you like to eat sandy lettuce? Not so much? Well, neither do

deer, slugs or bugs.

 

This is not a sure-fire method, but it's much better than nothing.

 

I have a sandy stream that flows next to my garden. I scoop out a

bucket of sand and water. I water my plants with the water and then

pour the remaining sand on the ground.

 

Next morning, when the sand has dried and the dew is still on my plants,

I take handfuls of sand and throw them over tomatoes, beans, squash --

and even my little cherry tree. The slugs and Japanese beetles don't

like eating that gritty stuff and neither do the deer.

 

It's not fail proof. Whenever it rains, I have to apply more. But it's

free, and my stuff is sure growing better than last year. I have some

damage, but it's much reduced.

 

Just thought I would pass this along.

 

your servant,

 

Hare Krsna dasi

[Guest guest]

Thanks! This is good info and certainly worth a try. I've forwarded it to the

Vaisnava Ecologist list:

 

Vaisnava-Ecologists/

 

We were just talking about alternative pest remedies a couple weeks ago.

 

ys - Gopal dasa