This time of year there are so many beautiful things in the garden from your favorite juicy tomato to some sweet visitors. This butterfly is a swallowtail and I believe it may be the Tiger Swallowtail. These are my very favorite butterflies. In order to entice them to visit my garden I always plant parsley and carrots. These butterflies lay their eggs on carrot greens and parsley and their caterpillars eat them before transforming into a chrysalis. I can tell you that I don't grow the best carrots because our soil isn't really sandy enough, but I always plant them in the hopes of seeing swallowtail butterflies and caterpillars. I also plant zinnias somewhere close by too because the adults love them as you can see in the photo. So if you want to help this butterfly, plant carrots,parsley, and zinnias, you won't be sorry!
This is also the time of year that some blight might take over those tomato plants. We are far enough along in the season that I don't really worry about it, and hope that my vines have set plenty of fruits.
Take the time to enjoy the rest of our warm summer weather. It will be gone before you know it!
Happy gardening!
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