Dealing with pests
Host: Jane Durney
Participants: Wendy, Jenny, John Webber, Sweet Running Water
Main points of discussion:
- If we’re going to be growing most of our own food, we’ll have to deal with the pests
- Identified key pests as slugs / snails / aphids / ants / caterpillars / birds / rabbits / badgers / foxes / cats / carrot fly
- Outlined some solutions – e.g. encourage predator, rotational planting, companion planting, create barriers, snail farm, slug/snail patrol
Focus areas:
- Set up a snail patrol to collect slugs, snails, even caterpillars on a daily basis
Get involved: contact hello [at] TransitionTownLewes.org.uk
