Looking very good!

I usually flick the caterpillars off my plants if I find any. Collect them and throw them on top of a compost pile where the worms are, and the birds will help remove the problem pests.

I heard that vinegar traps can also help deter caterpillars. Seemed to work last year when I hung a tiny plastic bottle of vinegar from my apple trees and my gooseberry bush.

Bugs do not seem to like smelly things for some reason. Maybe because it attracts disease, flies, and worms, which only eat dead things.

Mint leaves are another good smelly deterrent. Sometimes I crush them and rub the oil on the leaves of tender plants, and stack the leaves as a barrier around the stem. Peppermint oil can be added to a water bottle to spray plants.