Whisker's Diary.

Yes, any that survived, would grow into cabbage white butterflies  eventally. Those above, that I photographed, I put on the bird feeders, but the birds refused to eat them. Their colours must be off-putting to birds. After that, I broke off any infected leaves and threw them on the compost heap. If the birds refused to eat them, I don't know what would eat them. I presume they would have to survive Winter, before becoming butterflies and that's why they breed in such numbers.

Thanks for the link!

The reamins of the broccoli went on the compost heap. What has replaced it is this bed of celeriac. they don't look much yet, but hopefully will do me proud later. I spread some slug and snail barrier around them, just to give them a chance, while they are taking root. I'm planning on sowing some radish seed between the  Celeriac plants for a quick salad crop in the meantime.

Moonlight, you get my idea - to try existing peacefully with all of the critters that fancy living off my garden. As if the butterflies and snails aren't enough to cope with, I discovered what looked suspiously like black-fly on my broad beans, this morning. The beans are only about 15 inches high and starting to flower. If Ididn't do something quick, that would be curtains for my beans before the day is out. I mixed up a solution of dish washing liquid in water, and sprayed the beans with it. The black-fly flew off! The solution now has left black burn marks on the bean leaves. Hopefully, they will survive. I've never succeeded in getting a crop from broad beans, so I am minding these very carefully. In the same bed, I have runner beans, which seem to have gotten off to a good start and some mange tout peas, which are a little slower.