Its been a while since my last post. The heavy rain over the last couple of weeks has kept me out of my lovely little garden. In the mean time my poor Cavello Nero (an Italian dark Kale) has been ravaged by caterpillars. Not using any chemicals in the garden means that sometimes the bugs take over and I lose some plants. It’s mainly green leafy vegetables that I’ve have problems with. I pick the moth eggs off the back of the leaves as often as I can and I squash the little caterpillars when I find them. However, as you can see by the photo below they are very good at camouflaging themselves. It is like a war, and if my efforts wane for just a few days the caterpillars win.