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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,146
    Your garden may be too small for a hedgehog ... most gardens are ... but if gardens are linked up (as the ones in our neighbourhood are) your local hedgehogs can roam around all the gardens, meeting each other and making hedgehog families, and while they're doing that they're eating your garden pests.  :D

    https://www.hedgehogstreet.org/help-hedgehogs/link-your-garden/ 





    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • [Glen][Glen] Posts: 76
    edited April 2018
    Sadly my neighbours dislike anything organic or living in their garden so the hedgehog street won't work here.

    Apparently Newcastle University found garlic oil kills slug eggs too, so that is worth trying.

    Anyone know the cheapest source of caffein? There is a high caffein berry from South America used in energy drinks but don't know what it is called.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Many local cafes near me are happy to give away their used coffee grounds for gardens. Maybe worth asking.
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Yes, ask your local cafe.  I've seen some shops put out used-coffee bags at the front of the shop for whoever wants to compost the grounds.  
    Utah, USA.
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    Does the coffee affect the plants?  I imagine it smells wonderful after rain. 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    According to the Guardian pure coffee grounds badly inhibit plant growth. So, if using for slugs, put them on something, so it doesn't get into the soil in high concentrations.
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