Blogging in Myrtle Glen

 Ever thought of throwing fertilizer at people that need to grow up? 

One morning on my daily garden walk, I see them. Beautiful caterpillars, snow-white with black dots and orange feet. They are munching on my Passiflora Incense vine 

The caterpillars feed only on the passion vines, the adult butterflies feed on nectar and pollen. Their most favorite flower in the garden is the Lantana but they also like the blue plumbago flowers and Pentas. Of course  they visit all other blooms as well. 

From the egg laid to the emerging butterfly can take as little as 3 weeks. Longer if the temperatures are cooler. 

So go ahead and plant a passion vine in your yard, the butterflies with thank you for it. Passion vine is also the host plant for the orange Gulf Fritillary butterfly’s caterpillar. 

what to do with leftover hypertufa mix?

make a tufa-cairn

stacked stones to me are fascinating. It’s a human thing, only we stack stones.

For me they say ‘I was here’ but all over the world they have different meanings.

It is for meditation in Buddhism, since it takes patience.

The Inuit call stacked stones inuksuit, you are on the right path or as a memorial for a beloved person. 

In Aruba they are someone’s wishes

In Greece they are associated with Hermes, the God of travel

And others see it simply as a sculpture