Slugs are just homeless snails

 Garden Pests: Friend or Foe

Chaired by Kate, this Forum looked at garden pests using Val Bourne’s recent article in the Telegraph as a starting point. She argues “Not all slugs are bad – you should embrace them in your garden” and goes on to distinguish between helpful and hateful slugs and the most effective ways of dealing with them. We discussed methods of preventing slug damage from copper rings to beer traps and how to dispose of them. Changing our planting habits, using silver leaved plants and companion planting were considered.

Kate brought her book by Val Bourne and offered to loan it

  Display Table

Kate’s jug contains Geraniums: Max Frei, Patricia, Ann Folkard and Rozeanne with Astrantias: the dark Roma, the white Shaggy and Maxima

Dorothy brought Heuchera, Astrantia, Centaurea (cornflower), Allium moly, Lychnis coronaria, a side shoot of Delphinium, a Common Spotted Orchid and the fragrant Sweet Peas Bubble Gum and Gwendoline

Judith brought a lovely white Poppy, Silene fimbriata, Matricaria, white Argyranthemum  , Peucedanum, a silver leafed Pulmonaria and Cineraria Maritima. They would look wonderful in a container or a bed.

Next Meeting

7^th July: Friday Forum Summer Mini Show