I had to do a rescue mission late last evening on the cabbages. My prized Kilaxy cabbages were under attack by the above monster munchers. I *think* they’re cabbage white caterpillars. I can certainly see the ‘cat’ in caterpillar.

Whilst I expect and don’t really mind the cabbage whites’ spawn feasting on a couple of my cabbages, I’m not happy for them to go the whole hog. After all obviously I do want a few left for myself.  So I spent a while picking of laced leaves, removing the furry fiends (and a few slugs to boot) and taking them far, far away with the defunct half-decimated cabbage leaves. As much as people probably roll their eyes, I still try and stick with my no-kill policy.

So the remaining cabbages are relatively pest free. I let Maureen our hen have a run around under the tent cloche for good measure, she’s got a keen eye and would soon draw my attention by making excited ‘o! boh! bop bop!” sort of noises. Hopefully I’ll still have a few to enjoy in the next few weeks, the hearts are coming along nicely and I’m smacking my lips together in anticipation.

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