Planet Veggie Garden

Under normal (non gardening) circumstances, chances are those two words would evoke warm fuzzy feelings…not so when it comes to the Brassica family living in Planet Veggie Garden. What do those two words mean to our cauliflower, kale, broccoli and mustard?
Imported Cabbage Worm.
They are kind of cute – plump velvety and green…but wow do they [...]

When it rains we get ants. Often MANY ants… inside and outside.
We’ve been using a citrus based spray and were fairly pleased with it. Recently I was contacted by the manufacturer of a new line of organic insecticides for home use: EcoSmart. They offer an Ant & Roach spray, a Flying Insect spray, a Wasp [...]

  Guess who ate dinner

For the past month or so we’ve been fighting a losing battle with rats.
We’ve known rats have been in the neighborhood for years, but we haven’t had a personal experience with them.
When young lettuce was getting chewed down to the stub over night, at first we assumed it was squirrels (plenty of [...]

Curses! I’m all for sharing but when whole rows get nibbled on…it happened again last night despite our vermin proof netting. Some unidentified animal chewed through the netting and had a nice first course of a whole row of lettuce followed by some kale. Argh!
That’s it! The salad tongs have been thrown down onto the [...]