Hey there, welcome back. We are moving right along in me sharing with you some of my tests in my

garden this year. And today we're going to be talking about Brassica family pest, most commonly

known as cabbage worms. I know if you're cringing right now, I'm cringing right along with you.

They are the most annoying Brassica pest

and probably the most common. At least that's what I hear from many of you and my goodness,

I have to deal with them too. There are actually several worms that prey on the Brassica family.

Most commonly, you're probably talking about just the regular cabbage

worm, a cabbage looper, or army worms. I know in my garden, especially in my fall garden,

it's the yellow striped army worms that drive me crazy. You may already know, although you may not,

because I get a lot of questions about this,

that the organic insecticide BT is usually the best solution when the damage is already done

and you already have worms on your crops.

That's probably the most common, and it's the thing that I turn to quite a bit.

But is there a way to prevent the damage from happening in the first place?

I don't know about you, but I don't love spraying anything in my garden, even an organic

insecticide if I can help it.

Part of it is because I'd just rather not spray.

I would rather leave my garden to be as natural as possible.

So part of it is just being principled in that area and trying to avoid it whenever I can.

But let's be honest, probably even more likely. I don't want to spray because I'm just plain lazy.

Just yesterday, I'm recording this a little bit early in anticipation of the holidays, trying to

take a little bit of a break, but just yesterday I went out. And even though, I'm kind of giving

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