Life In A Vegetable Garden

From a platoon of army cut worms that descend under the cover of night to a sea of hornworm caterpillars that brazenly gorge themselves in broad daylight, a vegetable garden is a grazing field for a variety characters. It's a miracle any fruit survives to make it to our tables. But plants are not entirely defenseless. Some vegetable plants have a whole arsenal of weapons to fight off the hordes of hungry mouths. Secret stashes of poison, razor sharp edges and a crackerjack communication system are just a few of the tricks these plants have up their sleeves. In this episode we explore how in the cutthroat world of the vegetable garden, plants are more than capable of taking care of themselves.