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Gardening

NRaleighLiberal

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7. yesterday I tossed my unsold plants - hundreds of 3.5 inch pots in trays of 18 -

Reply to uppityperson (Reply #6)

Tue Jul 9, 2013, 01:37 PM

Jul 2013

I must have encountered (meaning touched - yuck!) dozens and dozens of slugs. I know the PNW has champion sized slugs (feed a family of 4 type) - but to find so many 3 inch long, nearly 1 inch wide slimy buggers was pretty nasty! I also found out it is really hard to remove their goop from your hands!

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Aubergine! Eggplant! Time for Ratatouille! (pics of impending harvest)... [View all] NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 OP

They look beautiful. Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #1

Definitely an acquired taste - my favorite is... NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #2

I have had it some of those ways. Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #4

Oooh, pretty! femmocrat Jul 2013 #3

I love aubergine! Cracklin Charlie Jul 2013 #5

Color me green with envy and drape me in slugs uppityperson Jul 2013 #6

yesterday I tossed my unsold plants - hundreds of 3.5 inch pots in trays of 18 - NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #7

Rub gritty dirty sand over your hands, then scrub with a brush you will throw away. uppityperson Jul 2013 #8

sugar snap peas - one of my favorite veggies - and the season is an eye blink here! NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #9