{"id":267,"date":"2013-07-30T18:37:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2013\/07\/butterfly-gardening-and-why-i-garden.html"},"modified":"2025-12-19T15:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T20:23:39","slug":"butterfly-gardening-and-why-i-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2013\/07\/butterfly-gardening-and-why-i-garden.html","title":{"rendered":"Butterfly Gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because of sights like this&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Butterflies-with-watermark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Butterflies-with-watermark-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"492\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>And clouds of butterflies rising into the warm July air, like this&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Butterflies1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Butterflies1-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/butterflies-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/butterflies-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t even count the number of butteflies in the garden today. Most are Eastern Tiger Swallow Tails, but a few I didn&#8217;t recognize.<\/p>\n<p>This past weekend, we hiked in Holliday Lake State Park, and surprised a cloud of about 100 yellow Eastern Tiger Swallow Tails &#8212; males, the rangers told us &#8212; drinking at a mud puddle on the trail. &nbsp;This year is supposed to be one of the best for butterflies, thanks to the rain and abundant vegetation.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about butterfly gardening, I hope you enjoy my free presentation on <a href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/p\/butt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Start a Butterfly Garden<\/a>, available online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because of sights like this&#8230;. And clouds of butterflies rising into the warm July air, like this&#8230;. I couldn&#8217;t even count the number of butteflies in the garden today. Most are Eastern Tiger Swallow Tails, but a few I didn&#8217;t recognize. 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