Three things I couldn't garden without, and an easy way to save your plants from pests and diseases

Scarlet lily beetle in action, left, and the carnage left behind, right. (Jessica Damiano)

Hi, guys!

After digging myself out from under aphids and scarlet lily beetles last week, things have quieted down in the garden.

The aphids were easily controlled with a couple of blasts of hose water. The beetles needed some hands-on treatment, so I knocked them off…