An Organic solution for slugs in Italian Gardens Ever stumbled out in the morning from an all night party, only to find that your beloved Hostas or zucchini have been ravaged by a ravenous group of nocturnal slugs and snails? Well, if you have- you may have, like so many others, immediately sought revenge in the chemical cupboard of the garden shed. Intent on revenge you may have spread handfuls of slug-pellets all over the garden- un-aware that you were killing the more cuddly and loveable mammals such as mice hedgehogs and frogs (who all feed on these molluscs) than the actual pests themselves! You may be forgiven for thinking that revenge is easily sought with powerful chemicals but little did you know that the finest and by far the most organic revenge of all for those slugs and snails in your Italian garden was in fact waiting in the kitchen - the left over red-wine from the party! Snails and slugs etc just love getting off their shells on the stuff too and just cant resist diving head over heels into a glass if you leave one in the garden. OK, but all joking apart, a jam-jar buried in the soil and filled with diluted red-wine, or any liquid containing yeast, such as beer etc will drive slugs and snails on a crazy suicide mission as they simply cannot resist diving head-first into the wine to die a very happy death- and all totally organic too! Studies have as yet failed to prove the level of enjoyment that slugs and snails experience while embarking on this suicide mission, or, for that matter, which wine they prefer It is clear to anyone that there are far worse ways to go and that using this as a solution will certainly help the environment at large- Happy gardening!! By Jonathan Radford CONTACT ECOLOGICA FOR A PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATION OR GARDEN DESIGN