Dakota Gardener: Battling bugs in the garden

This hornworm eating a tomato vine can be controlled with a variety of available insecticides. (Pixabay photo)

This hornworm eating a tomato vine can be controlled with a variety of available insecticides. (Pixabay photo)

Dakota Gardener: Battling bugs in the garden

Dakota Gardener: Battling bugs in the garden

Dakota Gardener: Battling bugs in the garden

Dakota Gardener: Battling bugs in the garden

Gardens in North Dakota look great this year. The rains have been plentiful in most areas, and our plants are thriving.

Be prepared to protect your garden from insect pests. Swarms of flea beetles will be arriving soon, and I saw white moths laying eggs on my cabbage today.

Whenever my vegetable garden gets attacked by insect pests, I don’t get sad.

Instead, I get mad. Then I get even.

When I was a fa…