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| Monarchs were out around my son's school in force earlier this week.
Hopefully my single monarch caterpillar pupated successfully and is part
of the annual fall migration.
In other news, the swallowtail had better plan to overwinter *somewhere*
because I'm pretty sure it's out of time.
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| Wooly wrote:
Sightings, too.
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| Omelet 2007-11-02, 9:25 pm |
| In article <472baf18$0$20591$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
Wooly <nobody@nunya> wrote:
> Monarchs were out around my son's school in force earlier this week.
> Hopefully my single monarch caterpillar pupated successfully and is part
> of the annual fall migration.
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> In other news, the swallowtail had better plan to overwinter *somewhere*
> because I'm pretty sure it's out of time.
I have some space in the driveway garden beds. Might have to consider
some milkweed plants, as well as a bunch of parsley for the
Swallowtails. :-)
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| Omelet wrote:
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> I have some space in the driveway garden beds. Might have to consider
> some milkweed plants, as well as a bunch of parsley for the
> Swallowtails. :-)
I'm going to plant some parsley next spring. I swiped several milkweed
pods from school and seeded my "flower bed", hopefully next year I'll
have enough milkweeds and assassin bugs to mind the aphids that I can
grow my own seed :D
My mints are going gangbusters except the catnip. The neighborhood toms
like to roll around in it, there are a couple of sprigs hanging on so
it'll be a hard winter for the catnip...
Black-eyed Suzies and purple coneflower should reseed, hopefully the
lavender will too. Morning glory may become a pest if I keep ignoring
it. My one poor bluebonnet from this year may or may not have set seed,
I won't hold my breath on that one!
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| Omelet 2007-11-03, 5:25 pm |
| In article <472bdcf9$0$25696$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
Wooly <nobody@nunya> wrote:
> Omelet wrote:
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> I'm going to plant some parsley next spring. I swiped several milkweed
> pods from school and seeded my "flower bed", hopefully next year I'll
> have enough milkweeds and assassin bugs to mind the aphids that I can
> grow my own seed :D
Sounds promising. :-)
The other two herbs swallowtails happily munch are dill and fennel.
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> My mints are going gangbusters except the catnip. The neighborhood toms
> like to roll around in it, there are a couple of sprigs hanging on so
> it'll be a hard winter for the catnip...
Bummer. Mine seeded well so I should have plenty next year.
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> Black-eyed Suzies and purple coneflower should reseed, hopefully the
> lavender will too. Morning glory may become a pest if I keep ignoring
> it. My one poor bluebonnet from this year may or may not have set seed,
> I won't hold my breath on that one!
Our Purple Coneflower has re-seeded itself now for 3 years. Wild morning
glory/bindweed I have in excess. I've never had domestic MG re-grow from
it's own seeds?
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Peace, Om
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