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Well right now I'm having a problem with my lettuces, cabbages, broccoli and cauliflower getting picked away at.

So what are my homemade options? I don't want to use any type of commercial pesticides because that would totally void the whole purpose of having a garden.

Darrin

It might be a bit late for it, but I use Dipel powder which is a natural pesticide. Those pretty white butterflies you see in your garden are not your friends. Your only other hope is that the plants grow faster than they can be eaten.

Floating veggy row covers from Stokes seeds, page 5 of the center section of their catalogue

I use chilli garlic good for most creepy crawlies
or
Molasses I get it real cheap(I live in a sugarcane growing area)
Great for caterpillars,kills nematodes and its a fertiliser, and attracts fruit fly so I only use it in cold weather or on non fruiting veg, also use it mixed with poison as a bait for fruit fly. you spray the grass and the fruit fly go there and die
or
squash what's eating them and make a tea of their dead bodies and spray it on them.(home made dipel)
or grow marigolds as a deterrent plant
or
allow carrots to flower it attracts good bugs that attack bad bugs