{"id":1280,"date":"2026-05-07T12:44:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:45:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:45:55","slug":"my-war-with-slugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnnycarlos.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/my-war-with-slugs\/","title":{"rendered":"My War With Slugs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have a slug problem. They’re everywhere in my yard. And they love my strawberries. So much so, I rarely get to eat them myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I searched for solutions, and there’s not many that I liked. One of them in particular though, stood out as so completely obvious that I feel stupid for not realizing it myself: if your plant is in a container, elevate it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, duh!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I put them on a table, plucked all the ones I could see and gave them a free, relaxing saltwater bath. Now, their slug peers have to crawl up the 3 foot high table legs of lost hope, navigate the slats of death, up the cliffs of insanity, and out that dangling branch of doom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will I get to eat this strawberry? If so, then I will have finally won the war!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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