Native milkweed plants awakening
Oh, don't you love Spring? I've been monitoring our native milkweed pots for the past few weeks, wondering if the milkweed plants that...
Between the rains
Today is another rainy day, gray and misty. It's hard to believe that just yesterday several monarch butterflies visited the garden...
Newly emerged monarch in the garden
Timing is everything! Three weeks ago the last monarch caterpillar on our native milkweed grew large and plump and disappeared to find a...
One monarch's journey from Kentucky to Mexico
Wow! What a journey! Read this article by Ryan Van Velzer in https://wfpl.org/from-ky-to-mexico-one-butterflys-journey/?fbclid=IwAR2mc4kC...
Monarchs still brighten our days
Monarchs flutter and zip daily through our garden, almost a constant presence these days. We still are in awe each time we see them, and...
Monarch activity in the garden
In past years I posted often about the development of monarch butterfly caterpillars feeding on our milkweed plants. Since we are...
Saving the Monarchs
Monarch butterfly on a flowerhead of our Seacliff Buckwheat Eriogonum parvifolium plant. A plan called Monarch Head Start has now...
Monarch caterpillars munching
At last! I haven't posted anything about monarch caterpillars this year, until now. Monarch mamas have been visiting the garden often...
Monarch Butterfly laying Eggs on Milkweed
The potted native milkweed plants have awakened from their dormant period, some rising faster than the others. I'm trying to focus more...
