What Eats Corn in Alabama, and When

A productive vegetable garden showing mature corn stalks and tomato plants laden with ripe red fruit under bright summer sunlight.

Corn in Alabama gardens draws a short list of true pests, out of the many insects the state’s extension service tracks across vegetable gardens in general.

What Eats Potato in Alabama, and When

Mature potato plants in a garden bed with harvested tubers visible at the soil surface and a soil thermometer inserted nearby.

Four of the ten pests the Alabama Cooperative Extension System documents in home gardens will actually feed on potato: aphids, spider mites, spotted…

What Eats Carrot in Alabama, and When

A freshly pulled carrot with green tops lies in dark garden soil next to hand tools and a garden fork.

Alabama Cooperative Extension System documents ten garden pests for home vegetable growers in the state, but only two of them have any real business on a…