0:00:01 > 0:00:03# Come on outside
0:00:03 > 0:00:06# There's adventure waiting out there just for you
0:00:06 > 0:00:08# Dirtgirlworld
0:00:08 > 0:00:12# A new adventure waiting just for you
0:00:12 > 0:00:14# Dirtgirlworld
0:00:14 > 0:00:16# Go get grubby
0:00:16 > 0:00:17# Dirtgirlworld
0:00:17 > 0:00:18# Get grubby
0:00:18 > 0:00:22# In Dirtgirlworld
0:00:22 > 0:00:24# In Dirtgirlworld
0:00:24 > 0:00:27# Get grubby in Dirtgirlworld. #
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Oh, how beautiful.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36A glittery trail.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Where is it going?
0:00:54 > 0:00:59Wait one slimy minute.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02I know what this is.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Slugs!
0:01:12 > 0:01:13# A slug
0:01:13 > 0:01:15# A slug
0:01:15 > 0:01:19# My best, worst bug
0:01:19 > 0:01:23# Now guess which is the garden pest
0:01:23 > 0:01:26# That I like less than all the rest
0:01:26 > 0:01:29# It leaves a slimy track
0:01:29 > 0:01:33# Each place it go-o-o-oes
0:01:33 > 0:01:37# It slides around and has no feet
0:01:37 > 0:01:40# And eats the things I like to eat
0:01:40 > 0:01:43# My garden's getting smaller
0:01:43 > 0:01:47# As it grow-ow-ow-ows
0:01:48 > 0:01:49# Come on now, shoo go away
0:01:49 > 0:01:51# Don't come back another day
0:01:51 > 0:01:55# Take your slimy track back when you go, go, go
0:01:55 > 0:01:56# You'd do best to disappear
0:01:56 > 0:01:58# Molluscs just aren't welcome here
0:01:58 > 0:02:02# A slug is my best, worst bug don't you know, know, know, know?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03# No, no, no
0:02:03 > 0:02:07# Of all the pests that I have seen
0:02:07 > 0:02:10# Hiding in my garden green
0:02:10 > 0:02:13# A slug is quite the worst
0:02:13 > 0:02:17# That I have me-e-e-et
0:02:17 > 0:02:21# Weevils, worms and butterflies
0:02:21 > 0:02:24# And even little grubs with eyes
0:02:24 > 0:02:26# All eat less
0:02:26 > 0:02:31# And make a better pe-e-e-et
0:02:35 > 0:02:37# Come on now, shoo away
0:02:37 > 0:02:39# Don't come back another day
0:02:39 > 0:02:42# Take your slimy track back when you go, go, go
0:02:42 > 0:02:44# You'd do best to disappear
0:02:44 > 0:02:46# The slug, the slug's not welcome here
0:02:46 > 0:02:49# A slug is my best, worst bug don't you know, know, know
0:02:49 > 0:02:51# Come on now, shoo go away
0:02:51 > 0:02:53# Don't come back another day
0:02:53 > 0:02:56# Take your slimy track back when you go, go, go
0:02:56 > 0:02:58# You'd do best to disappear
0:02:58 > 0:03:00# The slug, the slug's not welcome here
0:03:00 > 0:03:03# The slug is my best, worst bug don't you know, know, know, know?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05# Come on now, shoo go away
0:03:05 > 0:03:07# Come on now, shoo go away
0:03:07 > 0:03:08# Come on now, shoo go away
0:03:08 > 0:03:11# Come on now, shoo go away
0:03:11 > 0:03:12# Come on now, shoo go away
0:03:12 > 0:03:14# Come on now, shoo go away
0:03:14 > 0:03:16# Come on now, shoo go away
0:03:16 > 0:03:18# Don't come back another day. #
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Eugh, slugs!
0:03:24 > 0:03:26When did they arrive, Dirtgirl?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Overnight.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Oh, slugs give me the heebie-jeebies.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33They're so slimy.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35I need a way to let the slugs know
0:03:35 > 0:03:38they are not welcome in the vegetable garden.
0:03:38 > 0:03:44I actually know something that might help get the slugs out your garden.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Eggshells.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Eggshells?
0:03:47 > 0:03:52Yes, sprinkle broken eggshells round the plants you want to protect.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57Those slimy slugs won't shimmy across anything sharp and pointy
0:03:57 > 0:04:01like broken eggshells. They have very sensitive tummies.
0:04:01 > 0:04:06A barrier to stop the slugs getting to the lettuces in the first place.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Great idea, Grubby.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Hello, Ken. You look like you could use another hand.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21You'd think with six I'd be able to manage!
0:04:21 > 0:04:23I can hold the stick for you if you like?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Thanks, Dirtgirl!
0:04:25 > 0:04:27A little lower.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Lower.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Higher... Little lower.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31That's perfect...
0:04:31 > 0:04:35A little lower, please... Thank you.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37What are you rehearsing?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40It's super-secret stunt business...
0:04:40 > 0:04:42so I can't say too much.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44What are you doing?
0:04:44 > 0:04:48I'm trying to keep the slugs away from my lettuces.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50They're completely destroying them.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Do you know anything about slugs?
0:04:53 > 0:04:58I know they have 2,700 teeth.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Well, that would explain how they can eat so much lettuce.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Grubby suggested I use crumbled eggshells
0:05:05 > 0:05:07to keep the slugs away.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08That's not a bad idea,
0:05:08 > 0:05:12but my favourite way to make the slugs stay away is...
0:05:12 > 0:05:15the common nasturtium.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17It's a super-stinky plant.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20I like the smell of nasturtiums.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24Slugs don't agree. They smell those and they're soon to skedaddle.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27That's a great idea, Ken.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30I can plant nasturtiums around the lettuces
0:05:30 > 0:05:34and it will make an invisible, smelly fence.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37To keep the slugs away.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41I'm on slug watch.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43I know slugs do an important job.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48Slugs rot things like wood, break them down and turn them into soil.
0:05:48 > 0:05:55But, when slugs eat the lettuces, slugs turn into pests -
0:05:55 > 0:05:57big problem.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59So, what to do about pests?
0:05:59 > 0:06:04I like to shoo the pests away from the garden naturally,
0:06:04 > 0:06:08making barriers or spraying the plants with natural sprays
0:06:08 > 0:06:13like onion water, makes the plants taste yucky to the pests
0:06:13 > 0:06:15and off they go.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20Or maybe, I could give the slugs their own lettuce,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23so they stop eating mine.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26SHE CLEARS HER THROAT
0:06:26 > 0:06:30Attention all slugs, Dirtgirl speaking.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35As of now, this lettuce here is yours.
0:06:35 > 0:06:41And all these lettuces here are not yours.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46So, you eat your lettuce and please stop eating mine. Thanks.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51I think I need more barriers.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52BELL RINGS
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Hello, Scrapboy.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00Operation Save The Garden From The Slugs has started. Over.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Great! I'll bring the doughnuts over. Over.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07I don't think we should be feeding the slugs doughnuts. Over.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11These doughnuts are not for eating. Over and out.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Calling all greenthumbs.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17I challenge you to keep pests away from your garden...
0:07:17 > 0:07:18naturally.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Hmm, garden snails eating the vegetables.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30Rolled-up wet paper makes a good trap...
0:07:32 > 0:07:34..and so does milk.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39That'll keep the pests away.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46Thanks, greenthumbs! Some more great ideas to try.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- Hello, Hayman.- Hay!
0:07:50 > 0:07:55Hayman, what keeps slugs away from lettuces?
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Hay!- Yes, hay, you're right.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02If I mulch around the lettuces,
0:08:02 > 0:08:07it'll be really difficult for the slugs to just slide over it
0:08:07 > 0:08:10and eat the juicy lettuce leaves.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Brilliant idea.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Hay!
0:08:14 > 0:08:17These eggshells really are sharp.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20No slimy slug will get across this barrier.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23This should definitely stop the invasion.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25If they do get past the eggshells,
0:08:25 > 0:08:29they won't get past the super-stink of the nasturtiums.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Or the spiky, mulching hay.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Or the doughnuts.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Doughnuts?
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Sandpaper doughnuts.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39You place this ring around the plant,
0:08:39 > 0:08:42to protect the lettuce from the slugs.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46They won't go near it. It would scratch their tummies.
0:08:46 > 0:08:47Eugh!
0:08:47 > 0:08:49How many did you make?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Stunt time!
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Gather round, one and all.
0:09:04 > 0:09:10Today, Ken the weevil will walk the paper of roughness...
0:09:11 > 0:09:14..conquer the eggshell pits...
0:09:15 > 0:09:20..and finally, jump over the tower of stickiness...
0:09:21 > 0:09:23..standing on his head.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25ALL: Oh!
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Ken the weevil
0:09:28 > 0:09:32bravely going where no slug would ever go.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Eek, oh, ah, ouch.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Brilliant!
0:09:49 > 0:09:51OK...
0:09:51 > 0:09:52Now!
0:09:56 > 0:09:59The slugs can't get across the eggshells.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00Too pointy.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Or going anywhere near the nasturtiums.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Too smelly.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08And there's no way they're going
0:10:08 > 0:10:11anywhere near the sandpaper.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15There's just one more thing I want to check.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Oh, look, it's working.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22They're only eating the lettuce I asked them to.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24I don't mind if they eat that one.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Now there will be enough lettuces for sandwiches.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31It's all about balance.
0:10:34 > 0:10:39My best, worst bug is still a slug.
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