I fought the aphids/ants, and I won!

So, five years ago, I planted a blossom tree seedling. Pretty much every year, I had to fight the ants that farmed aphids. Those aphids would destroy the leaves of the tree.

But! I would not give up my little tree! I fought them with soap, with borax, with cayene powder, with ant poison, aphid-spray, yet they would come back every year and eat up my blossom tree.

But this year, I won. I sprung into defense early in the season, and managed to stave off the invasion.

And guess what... the tree is now taller than me! Yay! Achievement unlocked!

Annelies took this picture for me, from our balcony, using her own camera. We hope that the little tree will survive into adulthood when it can sprout some nice pink flowers.