Now that you have a little direction for your new garden, working in the garden needs to be enjoyable. Plan you gardening activities more like you would a picnic or a day at the beach. Make a list of all the things you’ll need and gather your supplies during the week so you don’t spend your weekend just gathering materials. Next, you can work on apply roundup after work on Monday or Tuesday because it needs a few days to begin working. When Saturday roles around, get an early start and work at a steady pace making sure to take breaks and drink plenty of water. Gardening burns approximately 7-10 calories per minute which is equivalent to jogging. You can over garden just like over exercising which will result in aches and pains in your entire body the next day. In the general areas where you are going to install your new garden, clean and remove all debris. If weeds are persistent in the garden, apply round up at 2% solution (typically 2 oz of commercial grade round up to a gallon of water and apply using a handheld pump sprayer) Prepare the beds for planting. Use soil conditioner to prepare the planting mixture incorporating it into the existing soil. You will need to use 1 bag for every 15 sq. feet. Make sure the thoroughly work the new soils mixture together with the existing soil using a garden fork. Apply Amaze or Eptam at a rate of 1 lb per 100 sq. feet. Incorporate the pre emergent herbicide in the upper 2” of the soil by raking with a metal leaf rake. These products reduce the population of new weeds in the garden. Add 1.5 pounds of Nursery Special 12-6-6 per 100 sq. feet of bed area. Apply spreading with a handheld Earthway handheld fertilizer spreader.
Common Name Scientific Name
Swallowtails
Eastern black swallowtail Papilio polyxenes
Giant swallowtail Heraclides cresphontes
Palamedes swallowtail Pterourus palamedes
Pipe-vine swallowtail Battus philenor
Spicebush swallowtail Pterourus troilus
Tiger swallowtail Pterourus glaucus
Zebra swallowtail Eurytides marcellus
Sulphurs and Whites
Alfalfa butterfly Colias eurytheme
Cabbage butterfly Pieris rapae
Cloudless sulphur Phoebis sennae
Common sulphur Colias philodice
Dainty sulphur Nathalis iole
Falcate orange tip Anthocharis midea
Little sulphur Eurema lisa
Sleepy orange Eurema nicippe
Southern dog face Colias cesonia
Hairstreaks
Gray hairstreak Strymon melinus
Red-banded hairstreak Calycopis cecrops
Snouts and Beaks
Snout butterfly Libytheana bachmanii
Milkweeds
Monarch Danaus plexippus
Longwings
Gulf fritillary Agraulis vanillae
Brushfoots
American painted lady Vanessa virginiensis
Buckeye Junonia coenia
Hop merchant Polygonia comma
Painted lady Vanessa cardui
Pearl crescent Phyciodes tharos
Phaon crescent Phyciodes phaon
Question mark Polygonia interrogationis
Red admiral Vanessa atalanta
Red-spotted purple Basilarchia arthemis astyanax
Texas crescentspot Phyciodes texana
Variegated fritillary Euptoieta claudia
Viceroy Limenitis archippus
Hackberry and Goatweed Butterflies
Goatweed butterfly Anaea andria
Hackberry butterfly Asterocampa celtis
Tawny emperor Asterocampa clyton
Satyrs
Carolina satyr Hermeuptychia sosybius
Skippers
Checkered skipper Pyrgus communis
Fiery skipper Hylephilia phyleus
Horace’s dusky wing Erynnis horatius
Juvenal’s dusky wing Erynnis juvenalis
Long-tailed skipper Urbanus proteus
Ocola skipper Panoquina ocola
Silver-spotted skipper Epargyreus clarus
