April is the perfect time to begin thinking about planning a garden. Children love to plant things and watch them grow! Gardening teaches children responsibility, gives them a greater appreciation of nature, and it's loads of fun!
When planning a butterfly garden you need to plant plants that will provide food for caterpillars and for butterflies! Dill, parsley, fennel, and foxglove are all plants that can attract caterpillars. Conefower, bee balm, butterfly weed, red valerian, heliotrope, nasturtium, and butterfly bush are all plants that can provide nectar for butterflies.
Don't mix different plants together, instead plant them in groups. You will attract more butterflies that way! Select plants that bloom at different times during the growing season so you always have plants to attract butterflies. You also want to provide your butterflies with water and places to sun themselves! Bury bowls in the garden and fill them with water and place some sticks and stones in the water so the butterflies have a place to perch! Place some flat stones around your garden so the butterflies have a place to perch and sun themselves.
What a Butterfly Wants
Different species of butterflies are attracted to different plants. Here is a list of some butterflies that are found in New Hampshire and the plants they like!
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12/19 Mummies Made in Egypt (Show 509)
The feature book
describes the techniques the reasons for the use mummification in ancient Egypt.
LeVar explores the Egyptian Mummies at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Dr. Raymond Evenhouse recreates the skull and face of a mummy, and Mimi Leveque tells about conservation and cleaning of mummified artifacts like a mummified cat, lamb, and crocodile.
April is the perfect time to begin thinking about planning a garden. Children love to plant things and watch them grow! Gardening teaches children responsibility, gives them a greater appreciation of nature, and it's loads of fun!
