Friday, May 14, 2010

Plight of the Butterfly part 1



Here's something to think about while planning your vegetable or herb garden. Don't forget to invite the Butterflies! So many Butterfly species are endangered or in trouble, due to chemical flower/lawn/garden/crops sprays, as well as loss of habitat. Something you can do to help out the (Blue, Yellow, Black) Swallowtail Butterflies is to plant Carrots, Parsley and Dill. The females lay their eggs on these plants and their caterpillars feed on them, ex. they feed on the carrot tops. Don't worry...they don't eat much :)

These plants help you too in more ways than one! They're a great source of nutrition. You can cook them or eat them raw in salad. Plant them along your garden border to help keep the grass out. So you see its a win win proposition :)

Sorry I don't have a photograph of these Beautiful Butterflies.

6 comments:

  1. Swallowtail butterflies are beautiful indeed. Thanks for coming to see my blog today.

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  2. Well, my daughter has been given a packet of seeds that are supposed to attract butterflys, so we have decided where we are going to put them and will do as soon as its cleared. I hope it works.

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  3. What a clever idea about planting along the edge of the border to keep the grass out! Too late for this year perhaps, but I'll bear it in mind for next year.

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  4. I've planted lots of wildflowers in the hope of having some more butterflies, but only white ones in our garden so far. We don't get Swallowtails up here, but they do look amazing! :)

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  5. Thank you for the article as I love butterflies :)

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  6. excellent advise! I live in an apartment but I still have a little veggie garden on my back deck and will definitely take your advice next time I do some planting!

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