Kitchen Garden

VEGETABLE GARDENING HACKS DO THEY WORK?

GARDENING HACKS GET GROWING

There are so many vegetable gardening hacks out there, but how many of them actually work? I've made it my mission to try out some of the most popular tricks to see if any of them are actually worth giving a go in your home vegetable patch or allotment.

Here are my results:

1 EGG SHELLS FOR SLUG CONTROL

Do eggshells really work against slugs and snail attack? The idea of this protection method is that slugs and snails don't like to crawl over the rough crushed-up shells. How effective is this technique? Well, firstly I think it's really important to properly dry out the eggshells before sprinkling around your seedlings. You see, slugs absolutely love leftover egg and so any egg residue left will ironically only serve in attracting more of them to the direction of your seedlings. Personally,

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