Thursday, September 22, 2011

Night Harvest

Have you ever wondered what you can harvest from your veggie garden at night?

Slugs of course!

After dark your garden comes alive. Ours, unfortunately at the moment, is alive with slimy gross ravenous slugs. Fortunately they are delicious... to chooks... so we harvest them.

And here's how...

You will need:
  1. A disposable glove
  2. A plastic container with a lid
  3. A head torch
What to do:

Don a bright head torch and a disposable glove and wander out into the darkness. The slugs will shine in the torch light which makes them easy to spot.

Pop a juicy leaf or two into the plastic container for their final meal. We're not barbarians. And have yourself a good old fashioned slug hunt! They don't move fast so get picking. (With the gloved hand... but feel free to go bare if you prefer it that way, you saucy minx!) You will find they curl up at your touch and if you drop them when curled they are hard to find again. Slippery little suckers.

I once harvested some not-so-standard-garden-variety slugs in our old garden and they used to secrete a disgusting yellow slime and stank something awful! These are not so bad. But they do leave your glove quite sticky - hence the use of disposables.
Once you've harvested a sufficient amount, plus the odd caterpillar or centipede for good measure, make sure you pop the lid on tight, or you'll have escapees.

In the morning, they will all have hidden on the underside of the leaf and you can just throw the lot into the chook pen and watch the carnage! Yum!

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