Hi everyone, Today we’re talking about a topic that affects us all: habitat and food for insects and other creatures. Over the past few days, I’ve been researching how we can help butterflies. And what I’ve learned is that grasses are good for caterpillars. But they have to be native grasses and plants. These grasses also provide nesting sites and winter shelter for other creatures. Here are a few that can handle drought well—something that’s becoming increasingly important, especially this summer. They look nice, too, and the insects get their share. 🦋🐝🥰 - Sheep fescue (Festuca ovina) Food for 40 caterpillars - Blue fescue (Festuca glauca) Food for 12 caterpillars... - Quaking grass (Briza media) 3 caterpillars... - Winter pearl grass (Melica ciliata) 4 caterpillars... - Red fescue (Festuca rubra) 32 caterpillars... Field Reedgrass (Calamagrostis epigejos) 20 caterpillars And small wild bees also find nesting aids among the grasses. For this reason, I bought a few grasses. Blue fescue, quaking grass, field reedgrass, and also some cushion broom, which is good for 6 caterpillars and 41 species of wild bees. In the next few days, I’ll remove our forsythia and plant some broom (Cytisus scoparius). It’s good for 62 caterpillars and 41 species of wild bees. Maybe you also have plants that are good for butterflies, wild bees, and so on. And maybe you’ll add a few grasses to your garden, too.