utnereader: Years ago, I met a butterfly farmer in Maui. She…
Years ago, I met a butterfly farmer in Maui. She and her husband owned some land on the flanks of Mount Haleakala where they raised swallowtail, monarch, and Gulf fritillary butterflies. They had so many butterflies that they released the extras to flutter around the property pollinating all the flowering tropical plants. There were butterflies indoors too, perched on the bathroom towel rack, getting a sip of water at the kitchen faucet, clinging to the bedroom curtains. The butterfly farmer told me she’d gotten so used to seeing butterflies that if she opened her eyes in the morning and didn’t see a butterfly, she worried that something was wrong.
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Tags: conservation, native plants, ethical gardening.
