Cabbages are one of the easiest vegetables to grow year-round in your garden. But when it's time to harvest them, it's not unusual to find their leaves full of holes and the heads crawling with worms.
If you see these little white butterflies in your garden, take action to protect your brassicas before the cabbage worm moths lay eggs. This article is part of ourOrganic Pest Control Series, which ...
Plant cabbage six to eight weeks before your first frost to give it time to mature in cooler temps for sweeter heads. Keep soil moist, fertilize biweekly, and watch for pests like aphids or worms to ...
As gardens fade in the final weeks of August, the rows of cabbage in our farm gardens are first reaching their days of fully developed heads for harvest. The phrase “of cabbages and kings” dates back ...
Our 2015 New Jersey State winner, MayLe’ Slater of Battle Hill Elementary School in Union, grew a beautiful huge cabbage (36.4 pounds). A great way to get kids into gardening is the national ‘Bonnie ...
Not in recent memory can I recall a farm growing season which has had my dad still planting his gardens on Father’s Day weekend. Traditionally, by the Memorial Day weekend, the last of our flower and ...
Plant ornamental kales and cabbages for texture and color in the fall and winter garden. I planted several varieties and placed them in containers, the garden and even a window box. Surprisingly, they ...