A simple how to guide to create a butterfly garden.
Environmentally friendly herb gardening to attract bees and butterflies.
Insect pollinators are in serious decline.
Bees and butterflies are dying.
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Firstly, dont plant genetically modified plants choose heirloom varieties.
This is being considered as apossibleculprit in the bee and butterfly plight.
The theory is that the GMO does not produce the same pollen as a natural plant.
It sounds logical, doesnt it?
Secondly, use organic and natural methods of gardening pest control instead of commercial pesticide.
The problem with commercial pesticide is that it kills beneficial insects as well as the pest.
It also seeps down into the soil and contaminates it.
Put lavender in little cloth bags and hang them around to repelmoths, ticks and mice.
People often plant lavender near the door for its scent.
Read also:Types of lavender plants
#2.Thyme
Attracts bees.
Its also great in a variety of dishes.
#3.
#4.
Purple Coneflower/Echinacea Purpurea
Attracts butterflies.
It also makes a pretty show piece and grows very easily with little care.
Generally, the adult butterfly will love plants with red, yellow, orange, pink or purple blossoms.
Also, learning to differentiate between the butterfly and the more harmful moth caterpillar is important.
Cakes of Bacillus thuringiensis are often put in garden ponds to control mostquito larvae.
Of course, poison dust for insect control is deadly to butterflies, bees and caterpillars of all kinds.
It is broad spectrum, which means it kills beneficial insects AND pests.
If you help save one butterfly or bee, wont it be worth it?
