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Butterfly Gardening
backyard attractions
Dotted under the native oaks are five mature abelia shrubs. When Jack, Sadie and I take our morning stretch I enjoy waking to the soft floral scent of the abelias. Jack and Sadie are on the trail of nocturnal invaders, usually our nemesis, the squirrels. Sometimes those noses smell bacon frying at the neighbors house as their minds shift to breakfast ideas for themselves.
They don't seem to notice the butterflies or other visitors enjoying the abelia nectar but they do appreciate those rascally grasshoppers.
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All material © 2007-2017 by Jeanette Hyden for Grassroots Horticulture
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