Cottage Garden Style
Celebrating cottage blooms.
No cottage garden is complete without this edible bloom.
Bachelor's Buttons have a single wish with each blue bloom.
Good luck to the one who grows them.
Wealth and good fortune are the fate of those who plant their seeds,
A cornflower is a blessing for any garden.
Until Tomorrow! Smile On!
Herbal Companions
The importance of planting various herbs for butterflies and other pollinators.
Dill is an early spring herb. It companions almost everything in your garden.
Sprinkle seeds and it grows. If you let it grow to seed. It'll volunteer the next year.
Fennel is a foe to most herbs and veggies. It's an herb that only has a few friends. I put her in a pots for the Swallowtails.
Does anyone know the other herb butterflies love? Hint: It starts with a "P"!
Until Tomorrow! Smile On!
The Dill On Swallowtails
The importance of planting dill for Swallowtails
The dill is Swallowtails find the herb a fantastic nursery for their babies.
On top and beneath dill. The Swallowtail secures their tiny eggs on your dill.
When the caterpillars hatch. Dill feeds them just right.
Until Tomorrow! Smile On!
