The SAILs got together to make seed balls as part of our study of butterflies and moths. Our seed balls are a mixture of clay, compost, and native seeds, designed for easy transport and having all the ingredients (aside from a good rain) to start a patch of wildflowers especially attractive to native butterflies. As we prepared the seed balls, we also discussed the different host plants for butterflies and moths, noting the differences between the preferred food of the larva (caterpillars) and of the adults (butterflies, moths, and skippers). By using all local ingredients, our seed balls have both a better chance of bringing forth flowers in our local area, and of being particularly suited to our local conditions and critters. As an added bit of fun, we decorated paper-board boxes to carry our seed balls, or to give them as gifts to spread wildflower joy to others. In the last picture below you can see two of the future gardens deployed and waiting for the rain.
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