Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: When nature offers lemons, let's make Lemonade!, 1 by Lily_love

Lily_love wrote:
I used to whine and cry about sweetgum's ball all over the back deck patio. Every spring in the garden when these balls came down like rains. Then I learned that the tree's is invalueble hostplant to some beautiful moths. Now, instead of crying, I make use of those gum's balls. Anyone is doing the same for your butterflies heaven right in your backyard?

This is a brug's seedling that has been visited by slug/snail. I used the gum's ball as a barrier to prevent those critters returning and slobbering, not to mention chewing on my tender seedling.
Kim