Mid July

Butterflies, lizards and flowers from the moon garden. click butterflies & lizards for larger pictures (opens in a new window)
gulf fritillaries	zebra swallowtails
painted lady butterfly on echinacea	buckeye butterfly
Takes caterpillars to have butterflies, and they have very specific dietary requirements.... In this day & age of endless turf, we all should grow butterfly host plants   << click the link It's no longer possible to depend on the vacant lot down the street to supply us with butterflies for our flower garden.
little gray lizard AKA Eastern Fence Lizard	striped lizard AKA Six-lined Racerunner
These lizards are helpful in the garden, They will occassionally dash out in front of me to grab bugs... I've even had them hang out next to the campfire eating termites while I made coffee & pancakes! I was reading at the baker creek forum (http://idigmygarden.com/forums) where somebody had a squash bug eatin horned toad! Obviously, you wouldn't have butterflies or lizards in so-called "traditional" chemical gardening...

Here's a couple taken at dusk from the moon garden.


flashlight bush

gourd blooms