Aurora's Blog

Today in the Garden 8-07-08
Aug 7, 2008 | 11:00 AM PST
Tags: Black Swallowtail Butterfly , cocoons , caterpillar , Yard of the Month , neighborhood seed/plant swap

We had a butterfly yesterday!!! Our cocoon hatched into a gorgeous Black Swallowtail. After releasing our beauty I brought in the second cocoon that was on my parsley, and there is a HUGE swallowtail caterpillar munching away right now. I've named it Munchy-munch LOL!

It's a cloudy, somewhat cooler day. No rain forecast so I broke Cardinal rule number 1 of gardening- I watered in the middle of the day *blush*. I've been so busy in the evening's lately I haven't had time to water well. Spent about 3 hours at it! Better than cleaning the bathrooms like I originally planned on doing LOL!

Last night was the Civic League's Executive Board meeting. Steve is a part of it. He signed ME up to head the "Yard of the Month" Committee. I could've wrung his neck- I WANT TO WIN THAT LOL!!!!! Actually me and a couple of others get to go around taking pics of people's yards, then everyone in the neighborhood can vote on who has the best-looking yard. I am also thinking of trying to organize a neighborhood seed/plant swap too- me and a couple of neighbors swap every fall, and I would love to add more gardeners :)