March Posts, Garden Jobs & Reminders

Chequered Swallowtail caterpillar and butterfly

February Posts, Garden Jobs & Reminders, March Posts, Garden Jobs & Reminders, Native Wildlife / March 10, 2022 / butterflies, caterpillar

Chequered Swallowtail caterpillar on the host plant Cullen tenax in the front garden (19 Feb 2022. Photo includes some leaves from Hovea acutifolia) and a few weeks later… and from the side (10 March 2022) (10 March 2022) A butterfly friendly garden needs host plants, food plants, water, and to be free of herbicides and pesticides.

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March 2017

Early March and it’s still very hot, very dry. Promised rain seems to go around us. On the verge: Gerberas have come up for their second season and are flowering well. The soil has definitely improved. Zinnias are still flowering. A blue dot marks where the street tree will go. March 19, 2017: After yet