Pest of Pests

Here's a really good illustration of insect damage to our Kale.

This was done by the caterpillar of the Cabbage moth. Seemingly over night too.

  The caterpillars are so tiny, at first, they're hard to notice, especially with the curly leaves and as the plant gets larger, they blend in well.

I read that the female cabbage moth is very territorial, so I put our stakes with cut-out pictures of female cabbage moths. Clearly this doesn't work in the long run.  Perhaps, early on but as the summer moves along more and more moths visit.  For this, I keep an old tennis rack nearby and do my best John McEnroe on their asses, which I suspect is more comical for the neighbors than it is successful at killing the SOBs.