![]() With the bowls in position to keep the shape, use the mister setting on the hose nozzle to saturate the mix until it looks like water will seep out if you add more. Step 4: Mist the concrete bag with water to set This project used 2 sizes of bowls, a smaller one just to shape the puddler on one side, then a larger bowl to hold fruit that will sit in the other indentation and can be removed for cleaning. Press indentations into the exposed dry concrete mix with a pair of bowls. Step 3: Create indentations in concrete for bowls To create your butterfly puddler start by setting a bag of dry, premixed concrete in place in the garden and tape the edges of the bag with packing tape to help the bag hold its shape.Ĭut open the bag face from corner to corner with a box cutter, and peel back the paper, leaving an open rectangle. Bag of premixed concrete (we used QUIKRETE Sand/Topping ready-to-use mix).Combine a puddler and a fruit bowl, and you have a one-stop feeding station for butterflies.įall Container Garden Butterflies Will LoveĪ single bag of premixed concrete is all you need to create the butterfly puddler and feeding station in the photo above. ![]() Food and Water Stationīutterflies also benefit from bowls of overripe, fragrant fruits such as bananas, oranges or apples, where they can get additional nutrients. You can also place small stones in the mud mixture to provide a place for them to perch. Butterflies cannot land on open water, so there is no need to have a deep puddle they can gather enough moisture just from damp mud. The bowl should be filled to the top with mud and wetted so water just barely covers the mix. The bowl should be no deeper than 2 or 3 inches with sloped sides and filled with sand, compost, manure or even better, a mud mix of these materials to provide the minerals butterflies need. It is often the male butterfly seen puddling, and frequently they puddle in groups.Ī butterfly puddler is a shallow bowl where butterflies can gather to get these elements. Many butterflies, especially members of the swallowtail family and sulphur butterflies, gather at wet spots and puddles to sip water, along with extracting important salt and minerals found in mud and sand. ![]() One way to make your garden more hospitable for butterflies is to provide a puddler. ![]()
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