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Butterfly Gardening Blog
http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.…
This blog is mostly about butterfly gardening, but other types of plants and gardens, as well as other wildlife is blogged about too.
Recent Posts
butterflies this year
I hate to say it, but it hasn’t been a very good year for my butterfly garden so far. The last couple of years I had monarch eggs on my milkweed as it was barely coming up out of the ground. This year I haven’t seen any at all yet. I d...
yellow coneflower and purple milkweed
I’ve got some other flowers blooming now - my yellow coneflower (Echinacea paradoxa) and my purple milkweed! Too bad they weren’t planted next to each other, I think they would look great blooming next to each other! Hmmm, I think I hav...
Monarda is blooming!
My monarda, sometimes called bee balm, is blooming now! I don’t have a lot of plants that bloom very early in the spring/summer - but this is one of them....
Turkey Vulture!
Today I saw a turkey vulture right behind our house, by the creek. It was huge! Didn’t seem too afraid of me either. I was able to get one decent picture of it:...
Fenton Garden Club at Shaw Nature Reserve
I contacted the Fenton Garden Club recently and asked them about joining. They invited me to their next meeting which was scheduled to be at Shaw Nature Reserve, today. So I went and had a great time! I just wish I would have thought to take more...
Chinese Days at the Botanical Gardens
We went to the Missouri Botanical Gardens for Chinese Days again this year. I’m not usually at the garden this time of year so there were different things blooming than what I am used to seeing there. Mostly tulips. In the morning our arbor/...


Love this blog! My daughters and I have wanted to grow a butterfly garden so this is super. thanks
Posted: May 12th, 2008 | More Reviews From heidityann | Report This Comment