…and aphids attack! Unfortunately, the downside of my Grow Camp is that tiny bugs can get in, but bigger bugs (some of whom are quite beneficial) can not. I went out to check on my crazy eggplants last week (I say crazy because they are all foliage and no actual eggplants – perhaps from all the rain we have gotten) and lo and behold, aphids had taken hold and taken over my eggplant leaves. Seems I should have been a little more vigilant with my banana peels.
I decided to open the screen on the eggplants’ side of the Grow Camp and let the chips fall where they may in the hopes that some beneficial insects might find their way to my plants. If the deer found them too, well, so be it. Thankfully, by the next day, these guys showed up:
Hello, darlings! I have a lovely buffet all set out for you! Did you know ladybugs can eat upwards of 50-60 aphids a day? Even more if they are babies. Eat up, my friends! While you are here, can you convince my eggplants to bear fruit?
In other news, check out my tomato jungle! They were late because of the weird weather, but now we are getting maters-a-plenty!
Green beans are doing great, too!
Clover and Thyme 
GREAT POST!
We’re living parallel lives. Except I have aphids, scale, stink bugs and white flies. UGH. I bought ladybugs, but lucky you that your ladies showed up on their own. Hurray for tomatoes, too. Mine are just now turning color. Any day…
Yay for lady bugs!