A moment of madness or….

So last year was my first year trying to grow a variety of fruits and vegetables at home, some bits grew well and others not so. In particular, the strawberries did OK (but not fantastic) so the few fruits they did produce were quickly pounced upon by slugs. The lettuce did very well, but so did the slugs. I tried a few methods to deter them but eventually they won. Which leads me to my potential solution this year…

Another hobby of mine allows me (when the weather/sea state allows) to collect a good number of scallops. Yesterday I collected my bag limit of 25 and as always left wondering what to do the the shells (typically I freeze them in a big bag and return them to the sea on my next outing). However this time I thought I should have a go at crushing them in the garden shredder and then spreading them around my veg patch to form a barrier.

I understand this is quite a common use for crushed sea shells, but I was quite pleased I’ve found (possibly) another use for the waste that would otherwise be returned to the sea.

Fingers crossed it works!