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A blog inspired by our everyday life and love of all things nature and learning. I have children's activities, sewing, folklore and gardening on the blog.
Recent Posts Tagged With 'caterpillars'
overwintering eastern black swallowtail caterpillars
This week we have been preparing for the cold weather. We have been harvesting herbs like mad, digging up annual herbs to bring indoors, bringing in the houseplants and scented geraniums, and finding many......READ MORE....
Metamorphosis of an Eastern Black Swallowtail
Nature amazes me, no matter how many times I’ve seen this before, each witness feels as if it’s the first time! To see the rest of this post click here for new 5 Orange Potatoes' site.Feedburner subscribers I am working on transferring the new si...
Stripe Scavenger Hunt!
The hunt for stripes! Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)Bumblebee (bombus genus)Potter WaspMonarch caterpillar (Danaus plexippus)Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucas)Cicada (Tibicen linnei)- annual typeWe couldn't identify this mushroom.Eastern Bl...
How to Raise Eastern Black Swallowtail Caterpillars
Every spring we plant a lot of parsley, dill and fennel in hopes of luring the Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) to lay her eggs in our garden. Last year we released over 25 EBS butterflies, which we raised from larva to adult. This year ...
Araina's Heavy Harvest
Araina wanted to do all the harvesting in the garden this morning. She harvested: Peppers andCucumbers, Araina was fascinated with the "Little White Pokies" on their skin.Quite the Heavy Harvest for someone that is 6 and only 36 pounds! Araina's Harv...
Cornerview in Ohio and Growing Wings
Sorry Cornerview friends, blogger friends, Ohio friends and family, but this not a very beachy post. The tides are turning for my little family and me. I am generally the type of person that tries to live more in the moment and not worry about the fu...
Monarch Watch and Planting Milkweed
We pulled out our seed box yesterday. It's full of envelopes stuffed with seeds from our gardens. We had so much fun going through the box and seeing the gems we had saved in the fall. Milkweed is the favorite, so we decided to plant these seeds fir...
