Just Veggies

Earwigs on Vegetable Plants: Leave Them or Remove Them?

I have a population of earwigs eating its way through my garden and I didn’t even know it. Each morning I would walk out to my garden—about 50 yards from my door—and see that the leaves of my Swiss chard, beets and pepper plants had new dime-sized holes in them. Each subsequent day the holes ...

Signs of Slug Damage

Slugs seems to be an issue in my new garden. Having just planted a 10 ft. x 15 ft. plot in an unfamiliar space, every day reveals something new—a new angle of the sun, a new branch blocking a corner of the veggie plot and, unfortunately, a new uninvited critter visiting the garden. The fresh ...

Snails and Slugs in the Vegetable Garden

Snails and slugs can do some serious damage to a crop just emerging from the ground. As you can probably guess, this is the harm I’ve most recently experienced in my own garden. I’ve written several times this season about my insect barrier. It’s been awesome at keeping flea beetles and leaf miners away from ...