The Battle is On!

I have noticed the last few days that the Blue Jays are eating my Sluggo Slug bait. It is an all natural slug bait and not toxic to anything but slugs. The Blue Jays are having a feast, and this stuff is expensive so I am ready to do battle. Trying to keep the critters out of the garden is a frustrating challenge. I put bird netting over most everything that I have recently planted to keep the birds from either eating the seed or the slug bait or the seedlings. The Blue Jays also like to cut off my bean starts at the root when they first come up so bird netting has to be on that as well. For the slugs I have the slug bait which I have to apply often because of the rain. Soon however our cute little Indian Runner Ducks will be on guard eating the slugs for us. I can't wait, they are just now beginning to get their feathers. We ran out of duck food for them over the holiday weekend so hubby went out and picked up slugs for them. There is quite an abundance here on the Oregon Coast, even when it doesn't rain there is a-lot of dew so things are usually dripping wet this time of year unless the sun shines and dries it up. Slugs love a wet environment as we all know. I am still a slave to the computer doing math, however I am almost done, I will have taken my final by the end of next week. I am already making plans for my free week and a half, debating on whether to go to Central Oregon camping for a week or play with my spinning wheel, fiber and make soap. I am trying to get my Etsy shop to be a little more productive here. Trying to save up for the Spinning wheel of my dreams, the Schacht Matchless, what a nice wheel! I know it will help improve my finer yarn spinning. You can check out my Etsy Shop at: Well I am off to work on math and get this behind me once and for all.