My artic tent been up for 15 months now its a amazing tent, I’ve had no problems with mice, i pulled the snow flap inside the tent, put a ground sheet over the edge of the flap ,then put artificial grass on top, stop all the damp and stopped the bugs best wishes dave chubb
Good day, To combat/target only the slugs border the whole of your growing patch with 2 rows of bricks or rocks leaving a gap between them of approximately 2 inches fill the gap with sea sand/grit(free off most beaches) then top off with a cheap table salt from the supermarket which costs pennies. This concentrates the salt outside & away from the garden plus the slugs don't usually make it past the inner row of stones/bricks hence again not spreading the salt... Regards Christine 😁👍
Diatomaceous earth can work for slugs. Also after eating grapefruit you can place the empty halves cut side down in the garden. Slugs often will hide under them during the day; pick up the grapefruit and dispatch the slugs hiding beneath with extreme prejudice.
Also to get worms into your compost pile is introduce them via a mature manure heap, as all long standing dung piles have thousands of tiny red worms within them... put a huge clump of worm ridden dung into the middle of your compost heaps. All being well they will colonise your heaps as they rot.... 😁 Regards Christine 😁👍
you can make slug fences out of thin wires and a 9 volt battery to protect your plants, at the same time you can add partner plants near the cropping plants to deter them.
Dad used to go on a slug walk after supper and cut any he found in two. I still have his knife. If you collect them, throw them in a bucket with coarse salt 👍
Hi bud. Make a full moat right round the perimeter of your veg plot. Plastic guttering fully sealed at seems. Or concrete moat..sealed. Fill with very salty water. Dish soap. Onion. Garlic. = no slugs ✌️👍
I saw a YT vid where a bloke grew veg in raised beds surrounded by planking and he'd set up double wire and batteries those small rectangular ones . When the slugs crawled up the plank to get to the plants, they create a circuit (one end of their body touching one wire and the other end the other wire) and electrocute themselves.
Have you seen the bucket mouse trap where peanut butter attracts them and the bucket drowns them. No poison. A simple 2 gallon bucket. A stick/ramp and peanut butter
Really enjoyed the vlog ..... thanks for all the kit advice.... been thinking of long term camping for a while now as well... suggest raised beds & soil mixed to fill with copper edging will sort out the slugs...seen this on a few gardening vids.... thought that nets over the strawberries on raised beds would be better as well.
Great vid Dean. Totally agree about potatoes, if thats all that grows well in your particular conditions, don't worry about it, just grow spuds. You can never have enough.
As far as mice go, research how to make a 5 gallon bucket water trap. It is self re-setting and will catch multiple mice. Scoop out drowned mice and you are good to go. You have to come up with a way to block Buster since the bait is peanut butter.
Apparently if you lay a copper pipe on the ground the slugs get electrocuted through static and can't cross. Also apparently it's possible to grow plants at an exponential rate by using electroculture (Wrap a copper wire around a stick to create an antenna, place it in the ground near the plants and it absorbs the radiation in the air then directs it into the soil)
Look online for copper strips buddy. Put those around your plants and watch those slimy little critters shrivel up. Definitely a learning curve growing in those conditions
A really good series of videos that tell it all, really super. The short version is "never go down on equipment" I like to hear about what the different things are used for, you have a lot, but it's not so bad even when you tell.
Fantastic vlog in parts 1 and 2. Such a lot of good information and advice on so many different useful things. You covered so much. I currently live of grid on a narrowboat and can take a lot good information from them and to start more outdoor camping again. Thanks for all your advice 👍👍
I know that ashes from my fires are what I used to get rid of grubs, maybe good for slugs too. Might even help with your acid problem too. Than throw all your vegie scraps all over your garden and blend it all in brother. Just my two cents. lol God Bless.
Slugs are a nightmare how i combat mine for strawberries and cherry tomatoes is use hanging baskets and i think you got plenty of trees ariund camp for that lol simple and effective hope it helps mate.
spreading ash around your plants is a good protection against slugs. Instead of filling a bucket with beer, fill it with pee after you've drunk the beer, add a little sugar and it would still work 😉😉😎
Fragrant Bounce fabric softener used in a dryers is a product that mice don't like. Traps are good, but you are in a forest where there are lots of them. Keeping food items and other stuff in a metal trash can that has a locking lid will keep them out. Tall trash cans for your arrows. Potting soil in a raised bed might work for other stuff, but that can get costly. Check out Fy Nyth you tube for how she did her raised garden. Another great info video. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day.
Dean ...Get some copper wire /tape round the allotment area against slugs etc it shocks them also lots of lil beer traps better than one big one ,also they lay their eggs in leave mould ,u need to add grass cuttings , newspaper , egg shells , human and dog waste to make good compost . As for the mice burn sage they hate it ... Don't forget owls eat mice , catch them and take them for a walk and let them go . Always read seed packets as to what they require to grow watch Monty Don 😂 . U need to earth up potatoes into humps to get best results as leaves start showing .
i have a 300watt folding panel and i have a 140ah agm battery and i CFX 75DZ fridge freezer it has not been turned off in 1 year now i also have usb rechargeable AA and AAA batteries good investment allways need those
save all of your pee, add that to the compost heap, it will help break down the leaf matter quicker, and start a worm farm next to the heap and let them find it. obviously when you remove compost make sure you dont overkill the worm habitat.
Your videos are top notch. How have you done in the middle of summer living like this? It gets hot and humid here and I don't know how I'd cope. How do you keep cool?
I know that this a year old but it's never too late you to add kit you could put some superglue in your first aid kit for some of the bigger cut injuries to seal the wound until A and E treatment is sought and duct tape could also prove useful in instances of broken limbs and for keeping the contents of the stomach together where they should be the Pop in type sanitary equipment that ladies use can be used for bigger puncture wounds as they expand when wet and hope you or anybody reading this never have to use them Another great video but the bloody adverts
Hey bud I can't find the knife you mentioned, k-bar? Love what you do and envious and this comes from a care point of view. Not trolling but what happened to the veg plot and what happens when the supply chain collapses and the shops closed? #cyberpolygon #iceagefarmer Best wishes.
what is beating me is where to go people arent very nice when they see you i mean owners would love to know where to start off if anybody can help please
