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We have never sprayed any toxic chemicals in our yard. Front lawn is the one exception as I use enough weed control products it should glow in the dark. The trick is to have a large variety of plants and flowers that attract beneficials. Then only intervene when really necessary with the least disruptive intervention. A strong water spray is often good enough. You will lose some fruit and some will be scared but in the long run it is much better for you and the planet.I've got a couple places in mind along a couple fence row places.
Aphids are pretty easy to control on honeysuckle. You can kill a lot of them with just a forceful spray of water. It knocks them off the plants with their sucker mouth parts still in the plant. If I start growing outside more often, I need to try to get lady bugs set up here. At my old farm, I had quite the beneficial bug population. They would winter over in so many places around the farm, but the attic in the old house was their favorite.