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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Butterfly Garden Basics
  • Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:50:07 -0700


Starting small is good. As it gets better and better you'll get the urge to
enlarge soon enough!

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 3/10/2007 at 10:42 PM three feathers wrote:

>I keep saying i'm going to have a butterfly garden, but, haven't so far
>because i get so overwhelmed and bogged down by all the ideas flying
>around in my head, i just sit down like a mule and do nothing----which
>further puts me in a funk
>
> However, it's finally sunk in (took long enough) to begin small, then, if
>i can manage a small garden, i can work toward something larger in the
>next year's growing season.....
>
> i tend to make things more difficult than they are, it seems :-0)
>
> threefeathers
>
>>From the "Daily Dirt Blog," e-newsletter at www.ennmagazine.com
>
> Butterfly Garden Basics
>
> Butterflies are attracted to a garden for two reasons, food in the form
>of flower nectar and habitat, conditions that butterflies need to
>reproduce and thrive. Examples of habitat conditions include puddles or
>moist areas that butterflies use to obtain nutrients from, sheltered sunny
>spots to bask in, and host plants in which butterflies can lay their eggs.
>Each butterfly has a species-specific host plant, for example monarch
>butterflies lay eggs in milkweed plants.
>
> Shallow depressions in the soil in which
>rainwater collects are ideal for butterflies. Alternatively, you can
>create more permanent puddles by burying a shallow container so that it's
>flush with the ground, fill it with sand, and then add water to it.
>Butterflies are cold blooded and need to bask in the sun to keep their
>body temperature warm. A flat open lawn area or group of flat stones are
>two easy ways to provide sunny spots for basking butterflies.
>
> Each butterfly has its own preference
>for flower nectar. Native flowering perennials, trees, and shrubs that
>bloom throughout the growing season such as purple coneflower, goldenrod,
>butterfly weed, black-eyed Susan, and the redbud tree are excellent
>choices for butterfly gardens. Flowering plants should be planted in small
>groups of 3 to 5 plants, or in a mass. A large grouping of wild bergamot
>for instance is better than planting a single species because a greater
>number of butterflies will flock to them.
>
> Source: Bees on their knees, gardeners
>to the rescue
>
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>
>Donadaghovi AiSv Nv wa do hi ya do
> (Til next we meet, Walk in Peace)
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