Blasting the black fly

Not that I ever need an excuse for watering: but getting the hose onto the foxglove spires to kill the black fly is marvellous.   Andrew suggested it to me as a way of getting them off without ruining the spike. Aesthetically it’s far better to blast them off rather than having grey smears of dead bugs all over the pretty flowers.

I’ll happily squish green fly off the roses. but not the black beasts. It’s fun to do it to the broad beans too.

Mind you, I did a happy hour of watering, and woke up the next day to some good soaking rain. Ah well. All plants appreciate a drink.