DIY Eco-Friendly Slug Repellent, Roasted Winter Squash Soup, and What's the Deal with Flies Eating Plants?

Start growing good food at home with daily advice, tips, and tricks from gardeners like you. Having trouble viewing this email? [View this email on the web](. [FGN Daily]( May 6, 2021  Enjoy this newsletter? Please forward it to your friends Pests & Diseases [How to Make Eco-Friendly Slug Repellent at Home]( How could something so helpless like a slug cause so much damage in your garden? You might not always know you have a slug problem right away because slugs only come around at night and when it’s cloudy and rainy. But you’ll definitely notice their damage. You’ll see holes and jagged edges on your vegetable leaves and stems. You can tell if the slug damage is fresh by how rough the edges of the holes or bite marks look. If they are more rounded, that shows that your vegetables have begun to heal themselves and it is probably older slug damage. There are ways to make your own slug repellent and slug deterrents using homemade or natural resources instead of chemicals and poison. Here are some simple yet effective ways to keep slugs out of your vegetable garden. [Read More...](  [Basil]( [The Basil Grower's Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Basil is one of the most essential herbs and can be found in just about every kitchen. With The Basil Grower's Gardening Guide, you’ll have everything you need to know about growing and enjoying this versatile herb. [Read More...](  Easy Healthy Recipes [Roasted Winter Squash Soup Recipe]( Everybody loves a[butternut squash]( soup, but what if you have a variety of sweet winter squash nearing the end of their shelf life, and you just want to use it all up at once? Good news - you can! In the roasted winter squash soup recipe below, I'll show you an exact recipe for using up a bulk of your different varieties of winter squash, but fear not - if you don't have the exact squash I do, it's totally adjustable, just use 6lbs of any type of sweet winter squash you have. [Read More...](  [Basil]( [Food Gardening Magazine May 2021 Issue Available Now!]( Read the May 2021 issue to explore “10 Herb & Vegetable Seeds to Plant in May,” “How to Plant a Bare Root Apple Tree,” and discover complete collections about Asparagus, Kumquats, and Rosemary. [Read More...](  Pests & Diseases [What's the Deal with Flies Eating Plants?]( [compost]( I love gardening. I also sometimes hate gardening. Well, hate might be a strong word. But we all have those immensely frustrating moments when it seems like everything goes wrong. [Roots rotting](. Leaves withering. Flies eating plants. Deer eating tomatoes. [Read More...](  [FREEBIES: Get Them Now!]( [ GET MY FREEBIEÂ]( [ GET MY FREEBIEÂ]( [ GET MY FREEBIEÂ](    You are receiving this email as part of your free subscription to email updates from Food Gardening Network. If you no longer wish to receive this update as part of your free subscription, please click the unsubscribe link below. [MANAGE PREFERENCES]( [Unsubscribe]( Help us be sure your email update isn't filtered as spam. Adding our return address [Support@foodgardening.mequoda.com](mailto:support@foodgardening.mequoda.com) to your address book may 'whitelist' us with your filter, helping future email updates get to your inbox. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Pinterest]( [Send us a message]( Did a friend send this to you? [Sign up to receive your own FREE advice about growing food at home.]( Copyright © 2021 Mequoda Systems, LLC Food Gardening Network 101 Federal Street, Suite 1900, Boston, MA 01970 Email: Support@foodgardening.mequoda.com [Our Privacy Policy](