I had 2 acres of mowed lawn when I moved in, I've been adding natives and decreasing mowing since. I get so excited when I see new species, it's all proof stuff is working!
(I'm also hoping now that this milkweed is getting established it can help battle some of the invasives with me.)
by Dawnzila
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Wonderful! I’m sure you’ll get more milkweed every year now that you have one. And hopefully more Monarchs. I haven’t seen any yet on mine, but lots of pollinators
Yay!!
I saw a monarch on mine yesterday! Mine are covered in aphids though. I’ve sprayed them off with water several times and they are right back on within a couple hours. I bought ladybugs and thought I had success for a couple days but most of them are gone now. Checked this morning and only saw a couple ladybugs and a couple thousand aphids. Ugh.