Saturday, June 26, 2010

Aphids from the Garden


As you can probably see I'm enjoying the flowers from our garden! The roses in our backyard are particularly spectacular. They last over two weeks after being cut. Amazing! 


Unfortunately, the roses are a huge draw for aphids. I recently brought in some roses and the aphids quickly discovered our plants sitting in the kitchen window. 



I have done a little reading about aphid control in the yard.  If you are having a similar problem I would check out this post from one of my favorite local garden blogs DigginFood.  I tried the water spraying technique several times but the aphids kept coming back. 

We decided the best option would be to put the plants outside and hopefully draw some lady bugs to the yard. 


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