Protecting bees
Help protect bees by keeping your garden pesticide free. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53678798?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science_and_environment&link_location=live-reporting-story
Make the most of your garden during lockdown
There is plenaty of coverage in the press regarding “Lockdown Gardening”, even a small garden can provide fresh home grown produce. (Click above for links to media articles)
Gardening during COVID-19
Gardening is strongly encouraged by the Slugzilla team this spring. Not only does is provide fresh, healthy produce for your kitchen, it is also good physical exercise, psychologically uplifting and a great learning experience for children. If you are giving gardening a go this spring Slugzilla encourages pesticide free, wildlife safe, sustainable pest control to
COVID-19 STAY AT HOME PROTECT OTHERS SAVE LIVES
Team Slugzilla would like to thank all our customers and supporters for staying at home in their own gardens and for following the advice at: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ Support our NHS Heroes by maintaining isolation in your own gardens and social distancing when gardening in communal allotments and society gardens.
“Slug it out” with Anglian Water
Slugzilla commend the Anglian Water “Slug it Out” campaign, working with farmers to reduce pesticide loading in water. “Slug it Out is part of Anglian Water’s way of working. The campaign is aimed at reducing the levels of the slug control pesticide Metaldehyde in our region’s waters before they reach our treatment works.”
2020 Slug guide
2020 is going to be a “Slug season” . Know your slugs with the John Innes guide to slugs. https://www.jic.ac.uk/research-impact/scientific-facilities/entomology-and-insectary/slugwatch/
Seaweed nutrients
Slugzilla not only repels slugs, it also nourishes plants and conditions the soil, restoring vital nutrients to depleted land. https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=301
Metaldehyde (slug pellet) and drinking water report
“In England, pesticides are the biggest reason surface drinking water protected areas are rated “at risk” of not meeting their objectives (for 122 out of total 486 drinking water areas); metaldehyde, found in molluscicide used in farming, is the primary cause of exceedances (EA, 2015a). Metaldehyde is a highly soluble, organic compound commonly used in
Prepare your patch for a natural slug free 2020 growing season
Thank you to all our customers, friends, supporters and collaborators for a successful 2019 season seeing the launch of Slugzilla. We value the continued contribution of passionate gardeners and growers as we enter 2020. Only one week to go for Christmas Slugzilla orders and green welly fillers for the gardeners in your life.
Slugzilla Podcast #1
Many customers have asked us “how did Slugzilla come to be and how did three unlikely chaps in a shed do this”. To answer this question Slugzilla has decided in a world exclusive to interview the “three blokes in a shed”. (Click to access podcast)