As we brought in some fennel that looked like it was flowering, we noticed we had some Black Swallowtail caterpillars! At first I only saw one, then found more as we went along. We still haven't cooked up the fennel; but have eaten some fresh. The fennel is new to us and we are not quite sure about all the details of it yet. When we grew dill a few years ago we attracted a lot of Black Swallowtails, and their young but we've had a dry spell for 2 years now. We brought out our fish tank for such an occassion as this! We are elated to watch these caterpillars grow, molt, turn into their chrysalis's and eventually morph into beautiful butterflies. Yay! I LOVE NATURE! Isn't the Lord so great to do all this?! It so amazes me the deeper I look and learn.
Any who--here are our pix from the past few days. Dd wanted me to take pictures of her making ice cream last night (from scratch); but I thought this chocolate cake would be enough of her making sugary desserts for one post. She loves to cook & bake & make things--and hey, if you can eat it too; well then that is a bonus!
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| Pappa did help her with the icing; but she says she helped with it. He is really a pro at icing! |
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| These gords are all volunteers from last year! |
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| One turnip on the left- a volunteer found in the blackberry section-from last year |
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| We have tons more tomatoes; here are just a few. They aren't turning red as fast as 2 weeks ago because it isn't as hot; but they are still producing very nicely. Our 4 new areas that we planted are doing great! We have lettuce up and growing-- I'll try to get pix of that soon. Yesterday it was raining, so I couldn't get outside pix! It rained!! YAY! |
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| 2 Pumpkins-volunteers too! We have quite a few out there growing right now. They are all small - I think they are "pie pumkins". We throw our compost into a section of the garden and then we get surprises! We have 4 cantalopes getting big right now from our spring compost pile! I hope they turn out good--we've never grown them before! The green above - with the small pumkins is the fennel plant that the Black Swallowtails like to eat. Doesn't the fennel plant look like it's cousin the dill?! |
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