Day 132 of 365 days in the community garden

Chives are quite susceptible to black aphids. We occassionally spray them with soapy water, but also find that trimming them down (especially garlic chives) and allowing them to resprout is often the easiest strategy to combat the aphids.

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." Anais Nin