Late Spring Garden Tour

[@AliciaBlaze]

Your garden looks beautiful! Sorry to hear your neighbor spays. Happy Gardening!

[@dksgardenoasis]

Thank you Alicia. It's a work in progress. And yes, sad because he thinks because the spray is organic it's okay and it's not. I don't think it's okay period...for creatures and humans.😔

[@ClaudiaWhite-j3s]

Hi Debbie, I have question about Black swallowtail butterflies. I have a large tent where I am hosting 30 caterpillars, most of them have gone into Chrysalis. 3 of them went into chrysalis on top of another chrysalis. Basically, they attached themselves onto another chrysalis. Will this be a problem when the first swallowtail emerges? I am afraid it may be constricted by the weight of the other ones and it won't hatch. Also, if it does emerge will this put the other ones in danger since their support will be gone if the butterflies emerges. I hope you can shine some light on this issue. Thank you! Claudia

[@dksgardenoasis]

Those darn swallowtails have a tendency to do that. Generally, I try to move them when it looks like they are going to do that. But since they're already in their chrysalis, hopefully one will emerge first and you can gently remove the emerged chrysalis off the other one. If it looks like they both can emerge from the top just leave them alone. Good luck!

[@ClaudiaWhite-j3s]

@@dksgardenoasis Thank you. I tried moving one of them but I was afraid to squeeze it to hard. I guess I will learn what to do and what happens once they hatch. Thanks again!!!