The other day, Todd was out watering my herb garden and he came into the house and said, "There's a caterpillar on one of your plants. Should I kill it?"
"NO!"
I ran outside to see what he was talking about and saw the caterpillar chomping away on a dill plant. When you see a caterpillar on dill in your garden—or other plants—you may be startled, grossed out, or annoyed that your plant is being systematically decimated. I was excited. Because I know it’s a black swallowtail caterpillar that’s going to turn into a beautiful butterfly. And that butterfly is going to become one of many valuable pollinators in my garden.
It would be good to have a separate caterpillar garden but they would need a sign to tell them to only eat those plants and leave the rest alone!
ReplyDeleteFresh dill, I started a crock of pickles this morning.
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
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