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Hello
I wonder if some of you might be able to help me with a problem I am having with aphids.

About a third of my garden is currently infested. I have gardened organically for the last twenty years and would like a solution which maintains this process.

The aphids seem heaviest in the cherry, plum and apple trees, (dense and poor circulation) under which I feed the birds, who seem decidedly uninterested in the aphids, and much more inclined to eat peanuts and sunflower seeds. These trees stand next to a fence between me and a neighbor who I don't particularly care for and want to maintain, at the least, a visual boundary. So removing the trees is not an option. I understand that one can spray with a garlic solution, with a neem solution, with an insecticidal soap solution, with a water soluble oil solution, etc. What I don't know is whether these sprays are harmless to birds, and cats. I have one arthritic cat who can no longer hunt, but who lies on the cedar mulch, sunning himself, and hoping a bird will kindly hop onto his paws.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks

Anna
Gardening in Portland, OR, Zone 8

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