@Foozle28 it took forever and a day to handpick them all off. The following day, butterflies were back laying more eggs! It's a crazy ecosystem 😂 I don't want to use any sort of chemicals, but to keep it all natural. We started to spray vinegar on the leaves of the broccoli just to deter them away, but within days they were still back. I wanted to dabble with a bit of everything. This year, I will introduce raspberries and perhaps cucumbers, but I'll put a pin in thise ideas until this lot has been cleared haha

@TheLaughableHarvest The only option is to use netting to keep them off if you don't fancy using natural pesticides, that's what i will be doing this year, i had success with cucumbers in my polytunnel last year, they need good heat to germinate and grow, though i grew mine using the Kratky method and just topping the nutrients up regularly in the 10 lite bucket.

@Foozle28 amazing, no I didn't know this. That's a really handy tip. The boogie peas I've used show that they should be up to September, and then the following year in April! I'll see if I can find other ones like you've mentioned

@AnnAkiens hi Ann, thank you! It's so interesting how we can combat challenges such as finding the best compost, how to fight the pests and seeing where things grow the best. I love it, and hope you do too. Stay persistent. It's always worth the wait 😊🙏

@@loveofgrowing515 😁

Exactly what i was thinking, just takes 1 strand to jerk the rest of the them into the drill and possibly off your head

@@gemnar 😆😆😆

Thanks so much 🎉