Comments on: How to attract butterflies to your garden http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2008/06/19/how-to-attract-butterflies-to-your-garden/ What's blooming today? Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:58:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: HomeButterflyGarden http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2008/06/19/how-to-attract-butterflies-to-your-garden/#comment-9816 HomeButterflyGarden Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:10:53 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2008/06/19/how-to-attract-butterflies-to-your-garden/#comment-9816 I have a butterfly bush in my garden - when my mother in law gave it to me 3 years ago, it was literally 2 twigs which were each about 10" long. I planted it thinking it would never amount to much. By the end of the summer it was 8 FEET tall! That's what started my interest in butterfly gardening as it attracted tons of different types of butterflies. Luckily, I had planted it at the back of the garden and when fall came I cut way down to about 2 feet off the ground. The next year it sprang back and grew to about 8 feet again and has every year since! I have a butterfly bush in my garden - when my mother in law gave it to me 3 years ago, it was literally 2 twigs which were each about 10″ long. I planted it thinking it would never amount to much. By the end of the summer it was 8 FEET tall! That’s what started my interest in butterfly gardening as it attracted tons of different types of butterflies.

Luckily, I had planted it at the back of the garden and when fall came I cut way down to about 2 feet off the ground. The next year it sprang back and grew to about 8 feet again and has every year since!

]]> By: Fred Farnsworth http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2008/06/19/how-to-attract-butterflies-to-your-garden/#comment-8955 Fred Farnsworth Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:56:52 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2008/06/19/how-to-attract-butterflies-to-your-garden/#comment-8955 A home made butterfly feeding station might also be a great idea. You can make a feeder by using a small jar, a lid with a small hole drilled in the center and a piece of cotton to plug the hole in the lid. The nectar is made with 9 parts water and one part sugar. Very similar to hummingbird nectar actually. In fact if you have hummingbird feeders in your garden they might suffice as an additional area for butterflies as well. A home made butterfly feeding station might also be a great idea. You can make a feeder by using a small jar, a lid with a small hole drilled in the center and a piece of cotton to plug the hole in the lid. The nectar is made with 9 parts water and one part sugar. Very similar to hummingbird nectar actually. In fact if you have hummingbird feeders in your garden they might suffice as an additional area for butterflies as well.

]]> By: Maria - Frugal Homesteading http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2008/06/19/how-to-attract-butterflies-to-your-garden/#comment-8762 Maria - Frugal Homesteading Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:10:42 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2008/06/19/how-to-attract-butterflies-to-your-garden/#comment-8762 Great tip about keeping it organic so you don't kill off the butterflies you're trying to attract. And thanks for the comprehensive list of flowers to plant! Great tip about keeping it organic so you don’t kill off the butterflies you’re trying to attract. And thanks for the comprehensive list of flowers to plant!

]]> By: DP http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2008/06/19/how-to-attract-butterflies-to-your-garden/#comment-8722 DP Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:06:18 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2008/06/19/how-to-attract-butterflies-to-your-garden/#comment-8722 What an interesting blog. Thanks for the informative list. I'm contemplating adding some of them to my garden. I'd love to have more butterflies around. What an interesting blog. Thanks for the informative list. I’m contemplating adding some of them to my garden. I’d love to have more butterflies around.

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