Increase in the Monarch population

Fantastic news!  Friday, February 26, 2016 with the 2015-16 eastern monarch population estimates were released.  The news is excellent, and our thanks to each of you for your hard work that…

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Milkweed Seed Collecting Time is Just Around the Corner

I noticed yesterday that my butterfly weed plants (Asclepias tuberosa) have pods.  They’re not ready to harvest just yet, but soon.  Collecting milkweed seeds is an important way we can…

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Milkweed Insects

With all the attention to milkweeds and the decline of monarch butterflies more and more people are searching milkweeds for the monarch butterfly eggs and caterpillars.  Often what they find…

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Save the Monarchs

SAVE THE MONARCH MIGRATION – ONE BUTTERFLY AT A TIME – PLANT MILKWEED Monarch butterfly numbers are at an all time low and many pollinators are declining as well. The…

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