Monarch Primer & Update: Mid-August 2020
It’s mid-August! This means that it is time to start tagging monarch butterflies! The monarch’s life cycle is amazing! Monarchs undergo what is referred to as a complete metamorphosis, or…
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Wildlife Wednesday: Mimics & Wasps
Yesterday, I found two monarch eggs on the swamp milkweed in my yard. You can see those in the second photo below. We also had a monarch eclosure, meaning the…
Flowers for Dinner? Sure!
It was late afternoon before I decided what to write about today. I ventured out to my yard, which is looking so beautiful right now with many perennials in full…
Life Lessons from Gardening
It may or may not be true, but I suspect I am partial to one side of my front garden bed. Weeding usually starts on one side, my photographs are…
Spring Planting: School Gardens
Today is supposed to be 93 degrees. It is going to be hot by anyone’s standard. I was outside by 8 a.m. to water my newly planted flowers and foliage.…
