Live Butterfly Garden: Releasing Painted Lady Butterflies

Thanks to Jen, a friend of the farm, we discovered the coolest little kit: a live butterfly garden.

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It comes with caterpillars, a mesh net and a sponge, which you moisten with simple syrup.

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You watch as the caterpillars eat and grow, grow and eat, then they settle in at the top of a little jar in their chrysalises.

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You move them into their netting, where they hatch into beautiful butterflies!

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After a few days, you let them go.

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Best ever! Insect Lore Butterfly Garden link here. We will be doing this all summer long!

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