Yays or nays and how to keep who? Also what plant is that? Weed? Or edible weed? And because this may be sad news 😂 baby peas!!!!

Ever find your kale or cabbage full of ragged holes and no idea what's eating it? There's a green caterpillar out there that blends in so well with your leaves, you'll usually notice the damage and droppings left behind before you spot the culprit. And on cabbage, it doesn't stop at the leaves. It can bore right into the head. 𝘠𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴. I just published a new pest guide all about the Cabbage Worm that walks through: - The full life cycle from egg to adult butterfly - Exactly what to look for so you can catch it early - How to prevent it in the first place - How to treat it once it's there - How to use trap crops & companion planting to control populations and draw in predators ...with photos at every stage! Where to find it? It's part of a growing library of pest guides inside the Academy! And you can grab a 7-day free trial to go read it (and others) right now 🙌 Come hang out with us, join the live session on Friday, and binge-watch past workshops HERE

Tonight I was really out there watering my gardens good as the next three days are going to be in the mid to upper 90° temps. Wanted to make sure the beds were good and ready for the heat. While checking over the squash plants I noticed holes. They appeared after some big storms we had so didn’t think a lot about it though I would lift leaves and check for bugs. Wasn’t really sure what I was truly looking for, but would take pics of anything I found and google good or bad. Well, tonight a discovered about four leaves with clusters of eggs on them and saw a bug so grabbed my camera and kept playing with it until I got a good pic of it. He kept moving around the trellis and went to hang with his two best of buddies! I finally know what a squash bug looks like! I removed the leaves with the eggs and tossed them in the trash which will be going out to the curb tomorrow morning and taken to the local dump…. My husband’s ex wife, whom I have become very good friends with had just today sent a box of things over that had been in her dad’s garage. A bottle of eco friendly plant soap and two containers of Seven! Perfect timing. The plants have all been dusted! But not before spraying the bugs with the plant soap. lol.

Something has eaten huge parts of my brussel leaves. I'm going to try moving them so that I can put protective netting all around them, after spraying them. I'm also moving my sweetcorn, cucumbers and beans to give them support and protection. This is the first time of trying to grow my own vegetables, (apart from tomatoes and salads) so it's all trial and error.

What're all these? 1. Little white bugs. They look more white than the picture shows. 2. Red eggs in perfect formation mostly under the leaves but some are on top. 3. Tons of these guys mating. 4. My plant went through the fence when I was on vacation so I could not redirect it. I will put a platform under that pumpkin growing so it won't break the plant. 5. Soooo many male flowers. Only 1 female flower. Finally. Lots of bees doing their job. 6. I also went out there with a q-tip.