![]() ![]() If you are lucky, the flutter you see might be a Black Swallowtail mom laying an egg, and then you can watch that egg… When something flutters, I usually see it. Mine are in the driveway where I potter with plants, and where I hang laundry. Plant your butts where you see them every day. (This gives butt a chance to make roots to balance the needs of the leaves.)Īfter a week or so-or right away, if impatient-plant the base in a pot of moist soil.ĭon’t bury it: just place it deep enough for roots to nestle. If they had leaves when you bought them, trim these to maybe 2 inches. Naked carrots take a bit longer to show green. Later, roots will start feathering from the bottom. Within two days, green shoots will start spearing from the middle of the celery. Put that butt in a dish of shallow water, and then put that in a sunny window. Use the rest for human food, because it’s the butt we want. celery leaves about a month laterīuy celery and carrots. Like how Monarchs only lay eggs on milkweed, and Zebra Swallowtails only lay eggs on pawpaw trees. And because I’m starting early, I might get blooms.* Blooms will make a scrap garden a two-fer: it’ll have “larval host plants” (for caterpillars to eat) and nectar plants (for grownups to drink).īlack Swallowtails ONLY lay eggs on plants in the carrot family, which includes cultivated (non-native) plants many of us already grow: like celery, parsley, dill, fennel, cilantro, and. I’m planting several butts in a barrel after last year’s success. If you have a kid or a parent or a friend or soulmate or neighbor, then THEY MUST SEE THESE THINGS, TOO. This scrap garden is your chance to increase your chances. If you have not yet watched a butterfly lay an egg, Maybe I mean “easiest butterfly factory” ever, because these butts won’t just feed butterflies, they’ll make butterflies.Īll summer, Black Swallowtail butterfly moms will find the leaves and lay eggs, and then you’ll have more Black Swallowtails.Īnd if you put your butts where you can see them every day, you can watch the whole butterfly lifecycle from the comfort of a lawn chair. ![]() Easiest butterfly garden ever: let celery butts and carrot butts sprout, then stick ’em in soil. ![]()
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