Trying to Attract Monarchs

  This is the third year Tom has a "flower" bed devoted to Ohio native plants. Top of the list was milkweed. He dug up samples from nearby fields and planted then here. This is the first year they're really done well. The whole idea is to attract Monarch butterflies.

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 I've been carefully watched the undersides of the leaves to see if I might find a Monarch egg. But so far nothing. How is this done? Check here.

 The plants are beginning to form the seeds pods. We'll probably collect seeds and expand our plants:

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Seed pods are developing beautifully. But no Monarchs.

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Now the Joe Pye Weed blooms ...

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I think the bottom line is that we're going to have no young Monarchs this year. We'll keep trying every summer unmtil we have success.