[ClosetMouse]

… years ago, don’t remember the year, early 70’s sometime … but the second week of June .. we left for a two week vacation and for the next three nights it was 28F or lower … it had been one of those very warm mid April/May trick weather events and my garden was doing wonderfully .. potatoes were already blooming and it was beautiful … when we got back the slugs had eaten the residue down to the roots in the ground … was very sad …

[ClosetMouse]

… years ago i met Dave Wetzel … and learned about using milk on pastures and gardens… as a per- centage and mixed with other items … what i remembered was curious was that the spraying of milk on his pastures got rid of a grass hopper problem … i have found one of the articles that wrote about his findings and research … hope you find this as interesting as i did … [he was a very nice person] … in the maritime climate of the PNW we use a milk solution for mildew … key is to start early …

https://nodpa.com/n/492/Nebraska-dairyman-applies-raw-milk-to-pastures-and-watches-the-grass-growhttps://nodpa.com/n/492/Nebraska-dairyman-applies-raw-milk-to-pastures-and-watches-the-grass-grow

. .. not sure why the url didn’t go into a form to click to the article … perhaps can copy and paste? … just worked for me to do that … hope some find this of value …