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Aug 14, 2017 6:01 PM CST
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Name: Cheryl
Brownstown, Pennsylvania (Zone 6b)
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Young Monarch Caterpillar

This is a 1st instar monarch caterpillar. I've been bringing them indoors for added protection. They have a 90% survival rate this way, but only a 10% survival rate if left outdoors. Their populations are in major decline due mostly to habitat destruction, and the use of chemicals.

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"My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird — equal seekers of sweetness. Here the clam deep in the speckled sand. Are my boots old? Is my coat torn? Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect? Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished." — Mary Oliver, from Messenger
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Aug 14, 2017 6:19 PM CST
Name: Stan
Florida Panhandle (Defuniak Sp (Zone 8b)
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Great conservation effort Cheryl. Thumbs up Thumbs up for a wonderful banner.
Stan
(Georgia Native in Florida)
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Aug 14, 2017 6:36 PM CST
Name: Karen
New Mexico (Zone 8a)
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Wonderful banner, and that you are helping them survive this way!
Handcrafted Coastal Inspired Art SeaMosaics!
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Aug 14, 2017 7:13 PM CST
Name: Marilyn
Kentucky (Zone 6a)
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It's wonderful Cheryl, that you're doing that! Hurray! Thumbs up
Welcome to the Agastache and Salvias Forum!

Hummingbirds are beautiful flying jewels in the garden!


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Aug 14, 2017 7:14 PM CST
Name: Jean
Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F
Daylilies Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Master Level
Great banner and good for you helping the monarchs survive. Hurray!
Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.

"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam
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Aug 14, 2017 8:20 PM CST
Zone 5
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Ditto to all the messages above. You are a true Nature Nurturer‼️
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Aug 15, 2017 3:49 PM CST
Loveland Colorado.
What fertilizer should be used for indoor hibiscus?
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Aug 15, 2017 3:57 PM CST
Name: Rj
Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)
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Cheryl, great banner!
As Yogi Berra said, “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”
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Aug 16, 2017 5:54 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Cheryl
Brownstown, Pennsylvania (Zone 6b)
Native Plants and Wildflowers Organic Gardener Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Region: Pennsylvania Region: Mid-Atlantic Bee Lover
Butterflies Dragonflies Spiders! Frogs and Toads Birds Hummingbirder
Thanks to everyone that left a thumbs up, acorns, or notes of encouragement!
"My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird — equal seekers of sweetness. Here the clam deep in the speckled sand. Are my boots old? Is my coat torn? Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect? Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished." — Mary Oliver, from Messenger
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