“The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity” - George Carlin

our one fennel plant. we dont eat it, but the black swallowtail butterfly caterpillars love it. there's five of them in this picture.

another angle of the black swallowtail butterfly caterpillar

side view

chomping away at the fennel

an earlier stage of the black swallow tail butterfly caterpillar. this one is on our dill plant.

after the caterpillar stage, comes the chrysalis stage, just before the butterfly stage

the black swallowtail butterfly. it has to dry its wings first before it can fly.

happy family

almost ready to fly for the first time

saying goodbye. tears and hugs.

Beet it

There's not much permanence to the garden and it is constantly on the grow. Here's a bit of what we've had going on during the winter. Our evergreen tree looking lettuce is strange and beautiful.






























The kale below is almost two years old now...I can't get over the stalk!
















and of course..compost.

Fruits of labor

Our first strawberry flower.