Natural pesticides

One sure fire way to rid cabbage worms and many other bad bugs from plants is to get red hot pepper powder and spread on the plants, and around the root areas of some plants. It's not fool proof as it has to be re-applied after each rain storm and after watering the garden. It does not make cabbage taste "creole style" . You don't notice any difference when you harvest it after a few rain storms. For other plants you can liquify pepper powder in water and let set. After the water is hot, spicy hot that is, strain it and put it into a spray bottle and apply to the underleaves of plants that are being invaded. Rabbits, moles, mice , etc, hate the taste as do many bugs. These treatments will not affect streams, rivers or lakes as do other "organic pesticides".