Earlier this summer I stopped the Chipmunk Caper, but crime never rests. Although Sarah Owl Jewett continues to hold the Chipmunk at bay, I now have a new formidable foe wreaking havoc in my garden. Something is making our Dinosaur Kale go extinct!
I think I’ve mentioned before Asa’s obsession with kale. So to satisfy Asa’s voracious appetite, Dad thought he’d be clever planting “Dinosaur Kale,” for our self-proclaimed Dire Wolf. At first all was going well, and we all were enjoying this special treat. That is until this Cabbage Butterfly showed up!
Little did we realize Asa’s little friend was laying hundreds of eggs on our kale. Which eventually unleashed an army of caterpillars! Oh we had warnings that something was amiss. Mom found an inch worm on Asa’s nose one day after he inspected the plants. But she’s not a great detective like me, and didn’t connect the clues to their sinister plot!
Little did we realize the next morning we’d awake to find our kale turned into the finest lace!
Or completely gone!
Once again Asa is finding the Golden lining in this tale of woe, by saying he is happy to share his kale with his hungry little friends. But if Asa’s “friends” dare to touch anything else in MY garden, they have another thing coming!
