but do they actually let you have one?

Haha yeah that tends to be the real problem with the dill strategy. Typically if we actually want a dill for ourselves we’ll plant one in a hanging planter away from the rest of the garden, otherwise the greedy little guys will eat it as well.

We’ve also used fennel in the past as well, dill and fennel seem to be their favorite for some reason.

Ultimately, it was Bacillus Thuringiensis (BT) which worked the best.

We’ve tried to step away from any kind of active pesticide, just because we get so many monarch butterflies where we’re at. Usually if they get on a plant we want to try and save we’ve had luck using kaolin clay. Which has a dual purpose as a sun protection during real hot summers.