| If you have a butterfly
garden that needs some sprucing up, there are
several things you can do that may take a little
time and a little money, but it will not be overly
expensive and it will be well worth your time,
because sprucing up your butterfly garden can
ensure that you have more butterflies than ever
next season.
The first thing you will want to do each season
is to trim back your flowers and plants, pull any
weeds (but be sure to leave the milkweed because
the caterpillars love them), and pull out any dead
plants. Replace these with new plants and flowers
that your butterflies love.
You can also add a couple of butterfly
feeders. These are similar to hummingbird
feeders and you can keep them full with butterfly
nectar for them to enjoy. For some garden decor
maybe add a couple of pretty butterfly
houses. Butterfly houses look similar to bat
houses, except they only have small slots in
them for the butterflies to fit through and to
keep the bats and birds out. These houses give the
butterflies shelter on cold and windy evenings and
protection against their predators. Butterflies
will find your butterfly houses and come back to
them night after night, and emerge to your garden
in the morning. Purchase a Butterfly House
with your credit card in gardens and flower shops.
If you have spruced up your butterfly garden
and are still not seeing the number or different
species of butterflies that you would like to see,
consider purchasing a live
butterfly kit and raise
some butterflies of your own. Once they have
grown into beautiful butterflies you can release
them into your butterfly garden in hopes that they
will make your garden their home. Live butterfly
kits come with everything you need to grow and
raise butterflies from the caterpillar stage
through metamorphosis, including the caterpillars
and all of the instructions you need. Check to
make sure that your flowers and plants are the
correct type that the butterflies you want to
attract like to feed and breed on.
A nice mosaic bistro table and comfortable
chairs next to the butterfly garden is a perfect
place to enjoy a good book and a tall glass of
iced tea on breezy summer days, though you may not
get much reading done because you will be lost in
the beauty of your spruced up butterfly garden and
all of the wonderful guests you have visiting your
garden each day.
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