helping the monarchs
how many of you are helping the monarch butterflys. from all i read their numbers are way down. you can easily help by planting some milkweed seeds, their preferred plant to lay eggs and munch on while growing. you dont have to do many, everything helps. seeds can be ordered online and for those of you who care most shipping is free.[:)] these guys are working for you in the food chain, give them a little help if you can.
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Hell no!!! Milkweed is considered a noxious weed in my state and if I got caught planting it, it would cost me a bundle of money... 0 -
sounds like its time to "man up" and get out from under the nanny state thumb. 0 -
helping the monarchs??
they look okay to me
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Yup, got milkweed growing on the lawn. Brother planted a bunch around town 0 -
https://www.growmilkweedplants.com/utah.html
Remintonoaks looks like Utah likes milkweed0 -
there are MANY varieties of milkweed ...get to the county extension office and find out which one is native to your area..last 3 years just individuals or small bunches of maybe 6 ...sad because we used to be coated with them twice a year 0 -
We have a waystation.helps all kind of critters. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by babun
helping the monarchs??
they look okay to me
Looks like the ginger and the colored (I mean American) are left out? Since Chuck ain't the ginger's daddy and we all know about the American.0 -
quote:Originally posted by remingtonoaks
Hell no!!! Milkweed is considered a noxious weed in my state and if I got caught planting it, it would cost me a bundle of money...
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I'd hate to guess how many milkweeds I pulled, cut, or sprayed 35-45 years ago while walking beans.
Now, at my farm, they get a free pass for the Monarchs.0 -
In the front yard. But most of the time the wasps carve up the larvae and feed them to their larvae. 0 -
we have a small area maybe in our back lot a 1/4 to 1/2 acre we let go wild lots of milkweed ( wife's order's ) we do not mow it , butterfly's , praying mantis , garden spiders and a few more insects seem to appreciate it . dogs love to go "hunting" field mice also in it 0 -
My wife has a lot of Lantana flowers planted around our house and the butterfly's and hummingbirds love it. 0 -
Lantana is a great nectar source for many species, but appears not to be a food source for larvae of North American butterflies. 0 -
Nothing like having a good time and being paid the big bucks.[:D] 0 -
Prince Phillip had hit the chili the night before. And in Jolly old England, chili is made with beans![:)]
However, The Queen has been looking into banning beans in chili ever since this incident. So far her efforts have been tied up in Parliament where the House of Lords is making a big stink comparing chili with beans vs chili without them. [:0]
Getting back on subject, I allow milk weeds to grow all around the perimeter of my fenced back yard which encompasses about an acre. They also grow wild along all of the open spaces leading up to the wooded areas on my 6 acre property. We get a lot of Monarch butterfly's here during the mid to late summer months.0 -
There is a national organization for information on the monarchs (flying kind). Had several good ideas, one was using the utility right of ways for planting.
https://www.pollinator.org/learning-center/monarchs?gclid=CjwKCAiAwJTjBRBhEiwA56V7qzqE4SWI1B_ehR-yZqWcLYej0sfQYBHL1NkOqmOpTSASQbx0fx2DJBoCj24QAvD_BwE
This is a PDF download for garden plants monarchs use. Wouldn't hurt to plant a few if you had a garden.
https://pollinator.org/assets/generalFiles/MonarchGardenPlants_170625_152424.pdf0 -
Thanks drop top, found a couple of new species of milkweed. I don't think the swamp milkweed will do well here though.[:D] 0
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