Plants in the cabbage family are among the most favorite crops to grow in a typical vegetable garden. They are often referred to as cole crops. The most popular include cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, ...

Plus, they look delightful lined up in a row like a scene out of "Peter Rabbit." Unfortunately, those charming heads of cabbage often end up full of holes from all sorts of insect pests. Cabbages are ...

Cabbage worms can destroy your broccoli, kale, and cauliflower crops. Some effective prevention methods include using netting, spraying a natural insecticide, or using diatomaceous earth. Make sure to ...

If your cole crops (cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, kohlrabi) are doing well, chances are the critters that chew holes into the leaves are also doing well. The most common and ...

If you have a vegetable garden, you've more than likely run into one or all of these common pests, all hungry caterpillars when they do their damage. The most dramatic is the tomato hornworm, the most ...

Q: I covered my kale plants with a cloth row cover, but a pest got in there anyway. It eats holes in the leaves. I’ve had cabbage worms in the past, but this is something different, much smaller, that ...