There are a
few things vital to a healthy garden; sun, soil, food, water, and the environment. The
latter element encompasses everything from weather patterns to local fauna. Groundhogs, moles, and other mammals may wreak havoc on a garden yet sometimes the pest is
smaller; but destructive nevertheless.
Slugs are bad news for vegetable gardens, and
there are many methods for treating the little gastropods. Apparently the little lushes can't avoid a brew, and beer traps will drown more than a few. If however you would rather
not kill them but still keep them at bay, a playground sand perimeter around
the garden seems to do the job. Slugs cannot cross rough, sandy terrain, and they will stay out of your garden altogether.
On the other side, spiders are great company
in a garden and it's fun to watch them grow as a resident in the world that you
planted for them, getting bigger and fatter off the aphids
and grasshoppers that would be otherwise chewing on your leaves. Let nature do
its thing, a spiderweb moist with dewdrops, shining like diamonds in the
morning sun is something everyone should experience.
Worms are wonderful for soil, and finding a
big earthworm to add to your bed is always satisfying. Caterpillars will chew on leaves, but butterflies repay the debt by helping pollinate flowers along
with moths, bees, and their insect kin. So in your ongoing show of love
and appreciation for your fellow beings, think about how insanely cool a
praying mantis, honey bee, or arachnid truly is and appreciate the world at our
feet, even if we must sometimes keep it out of the garden.
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