Aphids have discovered my broad beans. I’ve tried hosing them off, even with soapy water but they just come back. The lizards are all still hiding from the cold, and no sign of ladybeetles yet. Best way I’ve discovered to deal with them is to tap the broad bean tip onto the palm of my hand, which gives me a handful of aphids easy to squash (and a handful of squashed aphids).
But from the frog’s perspective that’s a criminal waste of good food, and besides I’m a dreadful aphid hunter and let far too many escape. So I’m very glad he (she? they?) have arrived.
