How do I get rid of the bugs?

[Miss.September]

Hi all

I've planted out my dead side of the house with vegies. I've put in brown onions, spring onions, parsley, rosemary, corn, cos lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, red peppers, beetroot, carrots and pumpkin. It's only a narrow garden bed against the fence, but I've been really pleased with the range I've been able to grow in such a small area.

But now the bugs are starting to attack and I don't know how to go about scaring them off. I don't like the idea of pesticides if I can help it, so does anyone have any ideas, or even a gentle pesticide (if there is such a thing) that will get the bugs, but not drown the plants? They're attacking the red peppers and cos so far. All it is is the plant - they've yet to grow veg.

TIA

[Miss.September]

No green thumbs?

[Trillian]

I've only just seen this now. What do the bugs look like? there are a few natural ways to spray bugs and different ones will kill different bugs. Check out this link http://www.worldagroforestry.org/Nur.../Appendix2.pdf and this one too http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/im...altsprays2.pdf

[Miss.September]

Thanks Trillian. I haven't seen the bugs - but the leaves are covered in holes - ala very hungry caterpillar style Thanks for the links.

[Rivlas]

You will need to put down snail bait as snails can destroy a crop in a couple days. I use the one that is safe for animals. We also use prythrium spray (spelling) as it is gentle.
If you look carefully you may find green caterpillars, they are hard to find, just squash them. I do this between leaves as I won't touch them..yuck.