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, ...

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 ...

There are several caterpillar species whose populations tend to peak about this time of year. While some, such as Monarchs, are celebrated and others are oohed and ahhed over like the silk worms, ...

Broccoli, cabbage, kale and other members of the brassica family are tasty and so good for you but its not just us who find them delectable. Brassicas have a number of insect pests but probably ...

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 ...

I went out to pick kale yesterday morning, and ended up on a hunting trip. I did remember to pick the kale – enough for a nice saute for dinner, with onions, garlic, and cherry tomatoes – but while I ...

Pretty little creamy white butterflies are among the first butterflies to appear in the spring. They flitter in the gardens, landing on one plant for a bit and then skip off to another plant. Lubbock ...

Shaivi Bathija never thought planting a cabbage could bring her so much joy. But when the fourth grader at Carden Cascade Academy in Hillsboro found out her almost 25-pound vegetable had been selected ...