Who knew slugs loved basil? Well, I do NOW.
I’ve been babying these two seedlings that had such a slow start with our cool spring. They were finally plumping up and I’d created a cloche out of a plastic half gallon milk container to retain more heat.
Everything was going great. You can imagine my dismay when I peaked into the open spout of my cloche! I’d just been preparing gourmet slug food!
Argh indeed, I feel your pain. I now carry my basil around the entire growing season and don’t leave it out at night time. Slugs are thugs!
[...] I have more basil growing this season than any one pesto-crazed person needs. I have to keep it all in pots because otherwise it becomes overnight a specialty, gourmet slug food. That is a term I swiped from Suz in Vancouver. [...]