Uninvited Guests
kathiemt on Apr 25th 2007
I forgot about the pests you can get in a garden. We did plant Rosemary, Thyme, and Sage, things I had read about that would assist with warding off pests, but I guess being such young plants they are not yet doing their thing. So we have leaves being eaten from 
the ends (a nursery experienced friend asked if it were holes in the leaves or eaten from the ends) and believe it may be caterpillars.
I had already put snail and slug bait out and not seen any evidence of them around but had to go and invest in some spray suitable for vegetable plants. I did think about powder but we have cats that love the garden and so we didn’t want them sniffing or licking it and making themselves sick so I steered away from that. Think I better do some more reading. Currently we also have planted: Strawberries, cabbage, chilli peppers, lettuce and parsley.
I’ve been gardening for years but never studied it and it’s always been flowers, bushes, etc for a cottage style garden so the vege garden thing is new to me. Comments/suggestions from readers who are experienced in this area would be very welcome. KMT