I walked out today and saw 7-8 black swallowtails on my dill. Now there are little beads on all the dill plants that I assume are butterfly eggs. Maybe 50 eggs I can see after a quick look. I carefully picked some tiny dill (without the eggs) and have decided to let these eggs stay where they are to see if they make it. No more dill for us I guess.
Needless to say I was happy to see anything that was not associated with a horn worm!
No pesticides here but should I do anything else...maybe plant more dill?
The plants are volunteers and are getting quite large so I hope there is enough food. I don't want to raise them but will help things along if I can
I read caterpillars like parsley too.
We don’t like dill that much anyway.
Send advice if you have any...(I read the old posts).
For example should I put thin shade cloth over the plant to keep predators away?
Thanks
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