I suppose that you noticed that I don't blog very often. The grass has started growing in earnest at last. Yeah! So have the weeds. Well you can't have it every way. By the way a great way to get rid of Aphids, i.e. Greenfly, is to spray the Roses or whatever flower is affected, with a teaspoon of washing up liquid diluted in about a pint of water. Yes I do mean the liquid that you wash the dishes in.

Most flowers are unaffected by this and it gets rid of the bugs. You may need to spray again in a few days. It is more environmentally friendly than most of the chemicals being sold for this purpose these days. If you cannot easily get or use a sprayer use a small watering can.