6 hours ago, Senior Sea Kayaker said:My garden has been almost pest free except for my kale and only kale. Finally ascertained it was cabbage worms. They didn't touch the collards, chard or lettuces. The photo shows the extent of the damage. Eaten to the stalks.
Interesting for this year. I have had basically 0 leaf eaters damages in my garden, and I don't do spraying.
The only thing that I can think of is I have built a large bird feeder, which attracted a ton of birds of all kinds to my garden.
I would assume many of these birds are not vegetarians.
dcarch