The monarchs will soon be coming through on their fall migration and there are not many nectar plants left for them and a lot of the milkweed I have seen is not looking good either. I hope next year is better for them. I will be gathering milkweed seed for next year so if you would like to plant some just let me know i will share what I have. All gardens should contain a milkweed patch!
I discovered that I have several monarch caterpillars on my tropical milkweed. I will have to watch for the chrysalis next, they are so pretty. I have a new camera and will be taking lots of pictures for a while. There is not much left of my garden but all the pots I put under the shade cloth are doing fine so there are still things to photograph. There are also some nectar plants for the monarchs in those pots. I put the tropical milkweed in pots this year too and I have found thats the best way. I put two plants in the ground and tried to keep them watered but they just never did as well as those in pots. The monarchs will soon be coming through on their fall migration and there are not many nectar plants left for them and a lot of the milkweed I have seen is not looking good either. I hope next year is better for them. I will be gathering milkweed seed for next year so if you would like to plant some just let me know i will share what I have. All gardens should contain a milkweed patch! I let my guineas out in the garden the other day, they are pretty among the flowers and they enjoyed catching grasshoppers and eating the crabgrass seed. I have added a few pictures of them at the bottom of the garden page.
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