The good news is that the garden has survived many frosts with just a layer of ag-cloth and a layer of plastic. The bad news is that the slugs have been wreaking havoc. I was hoping that they would freeze or go into hibernation, but it has not been the case. They destroyed 98% of the 300 tatsoi, spinach and VIT that we transplanted and have been attacking the kale, chard and beet leaves with a vengeance. Ah well, I understand that spinach will grow through the cold season, so I will have to get some of that planted along with some slug traps.
The radicchio which refused to head all season is finally starting to form nice little heads. The beets and carrots that were planted in mid-August are not large enough to harvest.
Did the slugs prosper under the frost protection?
ReplyDeleteIt would seem so. On Saturday, I tossed at least thirty of them out of the gardens.
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