Our cabbage is under attack by some very hungry caterpillars. They are speedily eating holes through our leaves and are happily laying eggs on the underside of the leaves. It's the cabbage I care about not the caterpillars and the damage is sufficiently bad that it warrants intervention.
So I'm going to kill this pest with garlic spray (leave one bulb of garlic in two pints of water overnight, then spray the next day).
I've also invested in a green fleece from the advice of a lovely lady in B&Q Naas, so the cabbage will be tucked up and protected; yet the sun and water can still penetrate.
Large pieces of eggshell can be scattered amongst cabbages to confuse the caterpillar aswell. The theory goes that it will mistake the eggshells for other caterpillars and leave the area looking for less populated plants to lay its eggs on. Sounds egg-cellent!
