Also, because my garden’s so small, I like to find ladybugs or assassin bugs (or ladybug larvae) and gently move them to the aphid-afflicted plant. Then I sit and watch them chow down for a while, which also makes me feel better. And I figure that if they’re well-fed, they’ll be more likely to have little ladybug progeny sooner.

The aphids and slugs are much less of a nuisance this year, but for some reason I have hordes of earwigs chowing on everything.