Archive for May, 2009

Organic snail and slug control

Posted: Monday, May 25th, 2009 @ 8:21 pm in The Garden Gate | Comments Off

People frequently ask me what they can do in their organic garden about slugs and snails.  In my garden, I use a multi-pronged approach.  I use the following techniques in combination — I rarely use just one.

hand-picking
trapping
physical barriers
predators
ecosystem management

Hand Picking
I pay a “bounty” on each snail.  I pay my kids 1 cent ($.01) per snail […]

Greywater soap and shampoo

Posted: Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 @ 8:18 am in Culture & Education, Health & Spirit, Transforming a Life | Comments Off

Last year, in connection with our “Water Wisdom” session at Environmental Change-Makers, I wrote a post which included a section about greywater (alternate spelling: graywater).  If you don’t know the difference between potable water, greywater, and black water, please read that post first before you go on.
When I wrote last year, my family was […]