greenfly

• “The story makes it seem more like the greenfly was a human creation, but here it's suggested as something much older made possible by getting rid of the Inhibitors but possibly that's a false theory.”

  Archive 2005-01-02

• “Unfortuantely for the makers, those of us who were around in the 80's can remember Mrs T. casually swatting Ken and the GLC aside much as one might squash a greenfly on a rose bush so that description doesn't hold any weight at all, does it ?”

  OPEN THREAD

• “That is good to know about greenfly, it sounds like a dreaded pest.”

  Desert Island Dreams « Fairegarden

• “Hmm, nodded the others in agreement, as if they were on Gardeners Question Time and someone had just made a valid point about greenfly.”

  Simon & Schuster: What's Going On

• “Also, our garden seems to be the home for all the blackfly and greenfly in England, so the plants often get overwhelmed.”

  Plants are Flowering: 2008 Garden Update #5

• “I'm afraid I've never heard of blackfly or greenfly, but I do know that spraying soapy water on the plants is a good way to discourage pests.”

  Plants are Flowering: 2008 Garden Update #5

• “But if he really wanted to be ecologically sound he should introduce into the garden some fast breeding ladybirds - which eat greenfly by the thousand.”

  Mistaken Identity

• “I told him that he could take the easy way out and buy some greenfly killer from the garden centre.”

  Mistaken Identity

• “He and Mary have moved into a new bungalow on the farm and greenfly are playing havoc with Mary's roses.”

  Mistaken Identity

• “I found greenfly on the aubergines in the greenhouse --are there any homebrew organic solutions to these beasts?”

  Gardener's Question Time.

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