A new concept in 'Grow Your Own'

A year 8 class in the school I worked in for many years have just completed a little science project were they reared painted lady butterflies from caterpillars. Dolly, who is a big fan of the flutterby, watched the blog they kept on this activity with much interest.

Now she has decided she would like to 'grow' some butterflies of her own. I've tried to explain to her that butterflies don't make great pets and she'd be better sticking with growing nasturtiums or collecting snails from the garden (at one stage last year my mum had to 'pet-sit' 27 snails, all individually named, for a weekend)

However, with each passing moment it seems inevitable we will be visiting gribblybugs to make a purchase. Watch this space