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Message: [QUOTE="Marie, post: 12834, member: 616"] Ladybirds, Lace wings, wasps and some types of birds all eat aphids.. If you can attract these types of wildlife into your garden, then aphids shouldn't be a problem for much longer. :D Try to keep a small patch of stinging nettles somewhere in your garden, as they will attract greenfly, which become food for ladybirds. Then, now in your garden, the ladybirds will move on to aphids etc, once they become a problem. Also, provide feed for the birds in your garden. Growing herbs is also beneficial, as all helpful insects like them, especially the aromatic ones (lavendar, mind, sage, borage etc). Hyssop can also deter cabbage butterflies! If these solution aren't quick enough for you, you can also buy biological controls for pests such as aphids. The idea is the control is sent to you, and you apply it on the day you receive it, and then natural predators of the aphid (or other pest) will get to work dealing with your problems. They are living creatures as opposed to chemicals and pesticides etc.. A quick Google search brought this up: [url]http://www.defenders.co.uk/pest-solutions/biological-aphid-control.html[/url] It says on the website, and I quote: [LIST] [*]Like all Defenders biological controls, Aphidoletes is harmless to children, pets and wildlife and will not become a pest in its own right. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]