Slugs are garden pests that can do a lot of damage in a short period of time. In today’s testing garden assumptions series video I am going to go through the most commonly recommended methods to manage slugs and how I am planning to manage them in my garden.

0:23 Are Slugs a Garden Pest?
1:06 General Pest Management Philosophy
1:45 Passive Slug Management
2:36 Active pest management
2:58 Do Eggshells Deter Slugs?
3:20 Manually picking and killing slugs
3:50 Beer Trap for Slug Management
5:01 Using predators to manage pests like slugs
5:45 Does Salt work to Deter slugs
6:20 Does Copper work to deter slugs
7:14 Is Diatomaceous earth effective for slug control

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Beets (also known as Beetroot) should be a staple of every vegetable garden. They’re really easy to grow from seed – and you don’t have to wait long ’til harvest time.

Beets have quirky seed that produce multiple plants, so they need special aftercare to avoid overcrowding.

In this short video we explain some simple guidelines to help you harvest a bumper crop of beets this year.

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The core goal of the Urban Garden Series is to show you how to grow more food at home. Often back yards, decks, patios and balconies space is limited and so today I am going to go through 10 ways to grow more food in the same space.

0:41 Vertical Growing
1:43 Food Producing Ground Cover
3:02 High Density Planting
3:47 Locally Acclimated Varieties
4:20 Succession Planting
4:50 Planting on your Compost Pile
6:28 Container Gardening
7:14 High Producing Crops
8:05 Food Producing Landscaping
9:00 Planting in Public Areas