Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: I finally have some Orange Dogs on my Citrus, 1 by hill5422

hill5422 wrote:
Hi tabasco,

I think our luck this year with the butterfly (and bird) population has been due to the horrendous drought we are experiencing. Our backyard garden is literally an oasis in the middle of a brown crispy desert with temps repeatedly over a hundred degrees F day in and day out. It is teeming with flowers and host plants that have drawn the insects and birds, albeit a little later this year.

We are extremely fortunate that our little community has not had to go to mandated water restrictions yet, otherwise, there wouldn't currently be an oasis in the backyard for all the creatures. I will admit we are paying the price for the oasis in the monthly water bill with all the surcharges and high usage fees added, but it should hopefully be only for another month or six weeks at the most. Well, that's what I am hoping, anyway.

Here's a pic of my oldest orange dog. :-)