15 slug stopping success strategies

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Untested reader tips for ridding a garden of slugs include making a nutshell barrier around crops, spraying them with a vinegar and water mixture, luring them to their deaths with a crop of horseradish leaves, sprinkling sand around plants, adopting an opossum and more.

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The highest yielding veggies: our regional experts reveal how to have a Brobdingnagianly bountiful backyard!

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Some of the most successful vegetable varieties in U.S. zones 3-10 are Burpee Hybrid zucchinis, Sweet Chelsea cherry tomatoes, Red Sails leaf lettuce, Chioga beets, Baby Bear pumpkin, and Husky Gold tomatoes, Nantes carrots, and Improved Bantam sweet corn.

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Get bugs to boost your yields

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Bees, hummingbirds, butterflies and other insects and animals are essential for the pollination of crops such as tomatoes, peppers, berries and apples. To boost yields, organic gardening methods can be used to attract these creatures to one's garden.

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