The Most Common Cabbage Pests & How to Stop Them You walk into the garden feeling proud of your cabbages… And then suddenly, holes everywhere, slimy trails, curled leaves, tiny green caterpillars hiding deep inside the heads, and aphids having a full family...
Every season seems to come with its own set of challenges in the veggie patch, and right now mine is leaf miner—showing up loud and proud on my cucumbers. At first glance, I noticed those strange pale, squiggly lines winding through the leaves, almost like someone had...
Looking Back to Grow Forward: Why Last Season’s Garden Matters One of my favourite moments in gardening is sitting down with a cup of tea, my notebook, and a fresh page to plan the next season’s veggie garden. But before I draw a single bed or choose a single seed, I...
Why Growing According to the Season Matters (and What Happens If You Don’t) If there’s one lesson my garden has taught me over and over again, it’s this: timing is everything. When we first started planting food in our backyard at VanZylStead, I was full of...
As the chill creeps in and we wrap ourselves in scarves and beanies, it’s easy to assume our veggie gardens are safe from pests during winter. I used to think the same — until I walked out one frosty morning and found my cabbages full of holes and my spinach looking...
This past season, I struggled with green stink bugs in my garden for the first time. I found them on all my tomatoes and eggplant bushes. So, let's look into this little monster and learn more about them. Stink bugs are “large, oval-shaped insects” and...
Caterpillars!! The battle with these worms is real, and they are the bane of my frustration this season in the garden. Those white butterflies are pretty, but you can be assured that if your crops are not protected, they will deposit their offspring onto your plants....
