Blog Love: Chocolate & Garlic (it's not a food blog)

I found this blog while doing a google search for alternate ways to get rid of the black aphids that are attacking my yard long beans.  I like how she is like us.... interested in life in general.

Chocolate & Garlic

Excerpt from the blog......

So, as recommended by Jim F., I went to the county extension office.  I took samples of my buggy strawberry and some green and yellow mottled rose leaves.

I was impressed.  They had a corner with toys for the kids and I got to see the assistant horticulturalist right away.  The fee for the service was $1 for each plant, and when I discovered that I didn’t have $2 in cash, they said that I could owe them.  Anyway–

STRAWBERRIES: As widely suggested, my strawberries are suffering from a nasty bout with black aphids, which are not to be confused with the green aphids currently having their meal on the rose bushes. Fortunately, while the diagnosis was no surprise, the cure prescribed was more original.  I could use pesticides OR I could spray my strawberries with a diluted bleach solution.  He recommended trying 5% and then upping it to 10% if necessary.  I like having a plan.