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We water our garden at least once a day, and water deep. It is hot (105 today) but even so, it doesn't seem that everything should be as wilty as it is daily by 10am. We watered late this morning - around 11:30 because everything was so wilty, but when I saw the garden again around 1:30 it was...

Oooh! I think I've got it. I think they're Painted Lady butterflies. Here they are on google images. I saw an article that talked about a rare huge migration in 2005. Maybe it's a repeat of that? I did read that they migrate from south to north in late spring....it's not late spring, but...

(Nifty's wife) Thank you for all the suggestions so far! We were able to catch one & will try & take more pictures of it tomorrow. After looking through lots of butterfly pictures online, I'm leaning towards some kind of fritillary. Could it be an Atlantis Fritillary??? The tips of its...

Here's the image of our current raised bed. From your posts, Rob & I gather that our corn is too close together and that there's not enough of it to adequately self-pollinate with the wind. In your experienced opinions, would you 1)pull it out & toss it (compost it) out, 2) transplant them in...