“1T-HAS been hard: work.:The rye you planted last fall was | fs LIFESTYLES '. dug int with lime« this spring.. You have added: scaweed,; bonemeal, ‘bloodmeal, wood: ash.and all the other ingre-' dients for success... The peas are Up. as are the radishes, 4 beans, lettuce, etc.” ‘The good’ news ‘is ‘a bountiful harvest should be just around, the. corner. The bad news is it could simply be another: Bug Lunch. an = Did .your* lettuce "seedlings g0° roots-up overnight? Do- you ‘lie. oh ¥ 1 “you ‘slen’t. de Bug and create your. very. own chemical wasteland. ; -awake at night,’ positive you can‘: » hear: the . horrific rustling of the Giant Slugs of the West? *) ; 2 Not to worry. There are ‘some ; : things. you can do besides’ turning your-hard ‘won’ harvest into toxic waste If- you, enjoy: Monopoly, © Risk, chess and other board games | that~give you the-opportunity to °°" crush the opposition, you, will en...” ‘Think of your garden asa giant’ “board game; ‘much: like, the. large: a chess ‘board . at. Park Royal. : Now: mT, this sounds a little grucsom uy putting: a magnifying glass up’ “tothe: face.of:an aphid and ‘prac ‘a Hitule' ‘one-on-one cye contact. . cient methods of dealing. with’ pests than engaging in a ‘policy of over-': kill.’ First ° and: foremost,” get.to now .: your. cnemy.. What” are. its: ‘habits, : where does it’ hide,” when is, ‘driven mad or: ‘paralysed with fear, you, will prob- ably grab the nearest can of Doom | “Aga an example, let's s get to 6 know the slug. -You' could call him the pig of garden-insects. They'll cat, almost, anything (even cach other) _and? their disgusting habits’ include _slimy trails of destruction. ** You “could. use slug. bait’ (metaldcheyde), ‘but this isa non-~ discriminatory - poison. .{1. could just as casily kill’ -birds,'c cats, dogs and children. |’ You: could: have" minimized the’ “problem by hunting. down the eggs: : over the dormant season, Look fo othe. pearly. white “clusters hidden: ‘away in cracks and crannies... -- ‘ other: low | lifes like have’ an.affinity for ‘yogurt containers and sinking them’ ns Os find ne : “coincidence - : realization that -a: healthy environ-: »ment for” pests. is also” healthy for ; the suds. 7 ° ‘ Make. use of this knowledge by pouring’. one, inch. of. beer ‘into into the ground’ near the plants , MOSst often: under’ attack. Being ‘pigs, they will over-do it - -and © drown) themselves. in over-in- *dulgence.. You,can dump the, con: - dents and replenish the bar once a day. ta ' ot They = are -unchar acteristically > well read for: such a boorish group. Ifyou, set .a.newspaper. “out for’ . them. at night, they'll be so ‘wrap- * ped up. in’ it. by. morning, ‘they . won't .cvyen notice. your arrival “come morning. ! . Another. important ° thing: We mention me and mine. - » As‘an example, if-you were toe “kill -all. of © the . wasps in’ your. | neighborhood, you would likely have ‘a. _ bigger. problem with tent caterpillars i in years to come. “ instead of ruining your: garden environment for the lady bug-and’ . her. friends, try making ita more “desirable neighborhood... & Tf you? were. to plant. aromatic herbs such as parsley, dill and-fen-.. ‘nel, you will find bugdom’s good “guys: soon out. number the bad guys. The flowers ‘of. these plants... are a rich, source.of food for our: “allies during | the important 8B. 7 laying phase: ne ‘ Perhaps the best. “advice | Tvcan | : remember when confronted with a Nie give. is, simply: to spend more, time - garden, ‘that ‘is under attack: you. have friends out theres 2" That. spider that Pops out at you" _when you least expect it isn’t there = : simply-to: introduce: a Jittle . terror. . into “your life."He ‘actually, enjoys ° ridding you: of some of. your pest? problems. Do not reward his ef- > forts “by spraying. him: with Eu de~ Death:. x in the. benefi cial insects and birds, not io... in the garden: * He, : I you: tried “to play a. game: of chess’ blindfolded, you would not.” last long. ‘Similarly, if, pest pro- ‘ plems go undetected in the garden, you will lose the waz. a In the vernacular of. the season- wed campaigner, ‘ittis: called search’ and destroy. Take..a .closer.“loo ‘