Back for a Visit Not too long ago, I wrote about a pair of caterpillars that had taken up residence in the parsley section in my herb garden. They made chrysalises and, eventually, became beautiful Black Swallowtail butterflies. Last week, one of them was back visiting the old neighborhood. Black Swallowtail Butterfly More Caterpillars??? I […]
Entries Tagged as 'above ground garden'
Black Swallowtail Butterfly Is Back
August 4th, 2013 No Comments
Tags: above ground garden · Black Swallowtail Butterfly · Black Swallowtail Caterpillar · parsley · Raised Garden
Soil Solarization for Raised Gardens
August 3rd, 2013 2 Comments
Putting the Garden to Bed July is the end of the growing season in South Florida. It just gets too hot. This is the time to take care of the soil that will be used for the season beginning in October. In April, the garden was at its peak. The vegetables were deep green and […]
Tags: above ground garden · Raised Garden · soil solarization
Black Swallowtail Butterfly
July 21st, 2013 No Comments
Caterpillar Issues If you remember, I wrote about what I thought were Monarch caterpillars eating my parsley. Black Swallowtail Caterpillar It turned out that they were Black Swallowtail caterpillars. They look very much like Monarchs… same size and color, but the striping is slightly different. Cocoon Shortly after I discovered the caterpillars, I found a chrysalis […]
Tags: above ground garden · Black Swallowtail Butterfly · Black Swallowtail Caterpillar · garden pests · parsley
