Ah yes I heard about using too many black walnut leaves in compost, but I use them and I haven't noticed anything. Maybe another reason to get my soil tested? Would that show up in a soil test by ext office?
I read up on DE, and while it deters slugs and snails it doesn't cut them up as suggested. With the volume of plants that I have iropn phosphate is likely a better option for me. I ordered some Sluggo to try. I checked the traps this morning. Found three slugs in the trap that's in the pepper bed that's getting eating up bad. I have three traps in that bed but only found slugs in the one trap. Other than that, I might have gotten one more slug in the 21 traps I set out. Get this though. Most of the traps are empty! Either squirrels or chipmunks. Likely squirrel because I see one keep chasing another one around. I think the alcohol got him in the mood. Even though two of the traps are in the strawberry beds which have a cover to them and I haven't seen evidence of squirrels bothering that bed.
Picked some snow peas this morning. Not producing as much as I hoped but I really didn't have anything other than hope to know what to expect. Not sure if it's due to getting really hot weather early or not. Lots of kale needs picked. Need to look for a recipe.
