JuanPosadas [comrade/them] to gardening • 2 years agoWhat food vegetable(s) should I grow that's a good balance of low effort and would save a lot of money on grocery bills?message-squaremessage-square32 fedilinkarrow-up136file-text
arrow-up136message-squareWhat food vegetable(s) should I grow that's a good balance of low effort and would save a lot of money on grocery bills?JuanPosadas [comrade/them] to gardening • 2 years agomessage-square32 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
If there was a chart of this kind of thing or a solid non-SEO-spam resource, that would be helpful, too.
minus-squareHo_Chi_Chungus [she/her]hexbear10·2 years ago if you can fight off the slugs and snails. How do you go about doing that, by the way? I tried growing lettuce once. Completely, absolutely RIDDLED with pests. There wasn't any edible result link
minus-squareGorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]hexbear9·2 years agoi put rings of salt around my containers like I'm warding off demons link
minus-squareAtomPunk [he/him]hexbear7·2 years agoI go out every night with a salt shaker and a spade. They’re nocturnal and live near drains and gutters, and also on the underside of pots and such. It helps to be consistent, but I also have a very small plot to work with, so YMMV. link
How do you go about doing that, by the way? I tried growing lettuce once. Completely, absolutely RIDDLED with pests. There wasn't any edible result
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i put rings of salt around my containers like I'm warding off demons
I go out every night with a salt shaker and a spade. They’re nocturnal and live near drains and gutters, and also on the underside of pots and such. It helps to be consistent, but I also have a very small plot to work with, so YMMV.
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