Sue's in the Garden Growing the Groceries: Black Swallowtail Butterfly ... Hungry Caterpillar Version!

Saturday, June 18, 2016

Black Swallowtail Butterfly ... Hungry Caterpillar Version!

This morning I relocated these, and several of their friends, from my fennel and dill plants to a nice patch of Queen Anne's Lace ... far from the garden! Turns out that Queen Anne's Lace is the main host plant for this butterfly in the wild.

Win - Win!

Want to know more about these beauties? Here's a link: http://butterflies.heuristron.net/butterflies/blackSwallowtail.html

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One year later...

... Andrew came home after his freshman year at UNC-Asheville and announced that he wanted to put in a vegetable garden. He said he wanted to learn how to do it "before he had to." We all liked the idea of eating more local food. You certainly can't get any more local then your own back yard!

Rouse had recently pulled out two overgrown shrubs in the bed behind the house. He had no plans to improve the area until fall, so he gave Drew the go-ahead. Andrew worked hard preparing the soil... digging it up and adding turkey manure enhanced dirt and mulch. He planted pole beans, cucumbers, a variety of hot peppers, okra, eggplant, canteloupe, zucchini and yellow squash.

Drew's garden was a huge success. We enjoyed the fresh food so much Rouse and I decided we wanted a more permanent garden. And chickens, too! In September of 2007 Rouse built four more raised beds and starting clearing space for the chicken yard. See "The HENstory" on its own page.

We had a successful fall garden, with lots of salad and cooking greens. In the spring of 2008, we added four more raised beds. I successfully grew lettuce, arugula, spinach, chard, kale, mustard and turnip greens, cabbage, brussel sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower, sugar snaps, tomatoes, peppers, okra, green beans, field peas, lima beans, yellow squash, zucchini, eggplant, sweet potatoes, plus, lots of herbs. I had less success with beets, radishes, and carrots.

See the "Evolution of a Garden" page for pictures and more about how our garden has grown!

Sue's in the Garden Growing the Groceries

Saturday, June 18, 2016

Black Swallowtail Butterfly ... Hungry Caterpillar Version!

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