I sat outside yesterday morning, basking in the warm sunshine and enjoying my garden when I was interrupted by two frolicking monarch butterflies. I pondered for a mere moment contemplating what this means for my garden. It means CATERPILLARS!!! Sure, butterflies are nice and everybody wants butterflies in their garden but caterpillars...well they're another thing.

So I started researching my recent inhabitants and found - yes, to my surpise! - that many people actually develop their gardens in the hope of attracting these mystical winged creatures. You can plan your own butterfly garden by taking a few simple steps that most serious gardeners would dread.

One piece of advice was that

Maintaining a damp, slightly salty area in the yard may attract groups of these butterflies.

These butterflies have got to go.