Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY Butterflies Page 25, 1 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
Melanie - That's interesting that you aren't seeing many butterflies at this time. I have tons of them in my yard, but haven't been home enough to photograph them. My last hand-raised Monarch just eclosed today. I will set it free tomorrow. I also found a newly formed Monarch chrysalis on the side of one of my container ponds. LOL! I have Milkweed in about every garden bed now. I sprinkled seeds around during the summer and have lots of MW growing now and it seems a lot of Monarchs and Queens visiting right now to enjoy all these plants. :-) I love milkweed!!

I'll have to check the weather report. I didn't know we were going to get a cool snap this weekend! Whoo Hoo! I hope to get a few hours out in the garden this weekend to do some serious weeding and some seed sowing. I need to clean out the 2 container ponds as well. (That's a nasty job! Ugh.)

I overwatered one of my brugs, so some of the leaves turned yellow. This Sulphur butterfly took advantage of the leaf and used it to blend in with overnight for safe cover.