How to turn organic

Something is eating my Broccoli. I must defeat this daemon of the plant world before it defeats me.

I really enjoy watching cooking shows. Yeah you know the ones with Jamie and the cook and the chef, et al. The dude that runs around in a Combi van I'm particularly jealous of. I know, sad right? The most envious I get is from the ones who roam around nice places and con an entire basket of fresh herbs and vegetables out of local farmers. They then proceed to turn their ill gotten gains into a five course extravaganza.

Anyhoo, in an effort to combat envy I re-started my home veggie patch this year. Only this time I got a bit more intelligent about it. I now have some Rosemary, Mint, Parsley, Coriander and Basil growing away happily. Lots of herbs WE WILL USE. I even went and got some chook poo, turned over the soil....several times. Got in there and got my hands good and dirty. It is really fun. You should try it some time. I am religiously watering everything as well, making sure they grow nice and strong and we can use them all for years to come (Except the Basil, that will finish in a few weeks folks, good pointer there.)

It was not all plain sailing though. The obligatory approval from the wife was required. A tip for young players - use the children. My 'story' this time was to use the garden patch as an educational experience for my boy. Which it has been, truly. (Another tip - don't post a blog while she is also yapping/yelling at you about every task she wants you to perform for the foreseeable future. A long time in some circles)

We only went with one vegetable this time. Broccoli. Baby steps. If this works then I might be allowed to upgrade to tomatoes. But now I find myself facing a dilemma. Something is eating them. Little green worms under the leaf. So I did what every engineer in his right mind does - Hit up Google for an answer. Apparently these worms are from Cabbage Moth larvae. Why they love brocolli so much beats me. Why call them Cabbage moth? Why not resort to "little bastards who will annoy the hell out of you". I don't want to spray the food we are going to eat with all manor of stuff that will most likely also kill us humans....eventually. So I've given an ORGANIC soap spray a go. Hopefully that will keep them at bay and we can enjoy some nice brocolli quite soon.

Now to get the worm farm producing again.......