BUTTERFLY GARDEN

Besides for growing veggies and herbs, our backyard also sports a butterfly garden. Remember the caterpillar experiment your teachers brought to school in kindergarten? We experience that in mass production every spring and summer.

We planted some milkweed and parsley, and that was the start of our butterfly garden. Monarch butterflies (identified as beautiful black and orange butterflies) are attracted to the milkweed and lay their eggs there all season long. What do we get? Stunning green cocoons that erupt into many beautiful butterflies. Additionally, swallowtail butterflies (identified as black and blue butterflies with pointed wings) are attracted to our parsley bunches and lay their eggs on them all season long. My children and I watch the metamorphosis of every butterfly with bated breath. The nifla’os haBorei leave us spellbound, every day anew.