My 9 month old daughter helps me collect cutworms.
As plants start to leaf out, you'll notice garden pests appear in your garden too. Spring growth is especially tender, and it's easy for pests like these cutworms to completely destroy a plant before it even gets started. It's tempting to spray for pests, but of course pesticides linger around and kill off all the predators too, locking you into a cycle of increasing pesticide use. I've found it more effective to harvest cutworms by hand, using a flashlight at night. It looks eccentric. But in the end, I have a good meal for my chickens to enjoy.
Trust me. You're gonna love it.
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