Last Saturday, I visited a nursery garden. We went to one which was close to our house. It's not very big, but we were not in the search for plants. We were looking for something to help us eliminate the aphids from our basil bush. For several weeks, we have been trying to remove the leaves affected and to remove the aphids, but it hasn't worked. So my husband was researching on the internet, and what he found that seems to be most effective is potassium soap.
So when we arrived, hubby went straight to ask for the soap, but I amused myself by walking around the garden and taking pictures.
I liked the motivational phrases on some of the plants.
This nursery garden is quite small, as I mentioned at the beginning, but there were a few flowering plants.
Like these petunias. I love the purple ones. And now that I think about it, I have never had a bush of petunias on my balcony. I wonder if they are easy to take care of.
They also had these white orchids. It was the only orchid plant they had.
This chili pepper plant caught my eye. But it seemed a bit expensive, costing 12 dollars. Instead, the husband suggested that we take some seeds, and we bought a packet of chili seeds, which cost 3 dollars.
I loved this idea of putting a tree branch hanging with several pots with succulents. I would like to replicate it on my balcony.
I liked the car-shaped pots with succulents that they had on a table. They look so cute.
I love mini succulent gardens, but at home with Milo, I don't think they would last long 😹.
Looking through the succulent pots, I suddenly spotted a tiny creature. You can see it behind the red pot in the corner.
I approached carefully so that it did not hide. A small lizard that from what I have found on Google Lens was a Gonatodes.
It looked so colorful and reminded me of a toy lizard my son had when he was little.
In the end, we did not take the potassium soap with us. Among the use instructions, it said that the product had to be used with gloves and precautions to avoid contact with it. So we were afraid that it could be a danger for Milo. So if you have any home remedies for aphids, safe for cats, I would appreciate any advice.
And speaking of Milo, when we got home, he was waiting for us on the balcony. 😺
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