Summer garden report, week 1

The thunderstorm on Tuesday saved us a watering trip, but with the hot weather yesterday and tomorrow we wanted to give everything a good soaking.  Campbell helped me water while Harper checked for caterpillars.  She found 2 small monarchs, and named them Susan and Kelley.  We also watched a big fat bee hang out on the anise hyssop.  I am glad to see that the pussytoes are coming back after the American Lady invasion of a few weeks back.  Wonder if we'll get more eggs this summer?

I got a report from Jackson that the grade 3 butterfly did make it (even though the chrysalis was a bit misshapen), and a report back from the grade 1 family that one Jack also made it to butterfly stage.  In total, we raised 7 caterpillars and released 6 of them this Spring/Summer in classrooms, each one just as amazing as the last.  I am hoping to get pictures of the 2 remaining butterfly releases posted.