Thanks for joining in MLLA2 with this light & refreshing risotto, Michelle.

Don’t talk to me abotu blackfly… There is a lovely wild cherry that overhangs our garden from next door and every year the tips of its branches get infested with blackfly. And then they drop down onto my pots and infest my plants!! They have killed loads of my nasturtiums and poppies and usually I just spray them to death, but this year I’m growing tomatoes and butternuts so can’t really spray. Luckily though the weird weather we’ve had seems to have controlled the blackfly this year (in my garden anyway!) and there isn’t as much as in previous years. I find that 100% vigilance is the only way forward – remove the suckers twice a day if necessary. I’ve also heard that spraying with a solution of fairy liquid and water helps, without poisoning you. And of course, as other readers say, kill the ants!