A Kinder Way Wednesday: Don't eat my flowers, or I'll CUT YA!

Here in western Washington we don't have a lot of pesky bugs like they do in the southern states. We get the occasional fly, of course we have a lot of spiders, and Lord knows we have slugs and snails galore.

I have been known to spread a little slug bait in my day to save our flowers and rhododendron, but I've changed my murderous ways. My hate for the slug and snail have given way to a respect for their lives as well, and I use this instead.

All natural, eco friendly and RECYCLED. Egg shells. The slugs and snails don't like to slither across the egg shells, so we sprinkle crunched up egg shells around the flowers to protect them. (As you can see by the leaves on this dahlia, I was a little late getting out there with the egg shells.)

We eat a lot of eggs, and I do mean a LOT. We also have a LOT of flowers and plants around the property. So when we crack the eggs we rinse the shells and let them dry. We keep them in a zip lock bag and crunch them up as we go.

The egg shells also deter cutworms. I'd never heard of these, but they kill seedlings.