Steps wrote: I don't grow broccoli and cabbage over summer because of the butterflies. While I don't mind munching the occasional steamed caterpillar others do. Soft! How do you deal with them Steps? Yep for decades grew in winter because of that , plus take up lot space for longer time when growing.. Have a couple approx sq m patches this yr , needed to cycle crop types. Cycling crops is so important..and so often over looked in the home gardens. And as I have mentioned before , I put a solar electric fence around the garden, ankle height to keep the cats out... This has had an unintended result, no cats/ dogs around , more birds, bird eat grubs.. and think combined with planting in squares they far happier with the extra cover underneath. Only stuff I use, add to garden, is a 3/4 can bake bean tin of gypsum, and another 3/4 of general garden fertiliser over the compost on top when plant out..No fungicides, insecticides.. not cause anti, but just because not needed... but do lay out snail bitzum around the place day before full moon.. old school The gypsum and general garden fertiliser is because the drainage here very deep and incredibly good. Water/ rain washes nutrients deep very quick. Last garden over 30yrs was just compost, lot of it, the wood ash from the fire and a good spread of gypsum 0nce a yr. |
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