Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Need Help Building a Butterfly Education & Exploration Site, 5 by kittriana

kittriana wrote:
Welll, They named it accurately at least...mine is simply flowerbeds, and I sneak in host plants as fill. You guys are in horrid drouth conditions- I haven't looked for Menifee, but I am sure I have been there- we were also, and the huge fires several years ago that were in these areas got within a mile of the house. Many areas were simply dozed and returned to grassland so many trees died. Mine isn't public, and my daughter suffers the plants I plant in silence since the monarchs population and routes are changing to adapt to the food sources available as they travel- and it delights her to see the different butterflies as well. I have a few native seeds to add to landscape areas I brought back with me- horsemint and red gaillardia, to grow alongside the lance leaf coreopsis. The dew is still up, I keep having to clear lens, chuckle, the tomato is recovering from deer munching and the fernleaf dill I relocated to an area the cats have under the dogwood tree. I will return, am still on slug and bug patrol while I can still take pictures..