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- June 1st, 2009
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Trisha has posted a new entry on: Butterfly Gardening Blog
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. T…
- May 29th, 2009
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Trisha has posted a new entry on: Butterfly Gardening Blog
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…
- May 12th, 2009
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Trisha has posted a new entry on: Butterfly Gardening Blog
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.
- May 5th, 2009
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Trisha has posted a new entry on: Butterfly Gardening Blog
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:
- May 4th, 2009
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Trisha has posted a new entry on: Butterfly Gardening Blog
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 tim…
- April 26th, 2009
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Trisha has posted a new entry on: Butterfly Gardening Blog
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 seei…
- April 23rd, 2009
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Trisha has posted a new entry on: Butterfly Gardening Blog
Baby preying mantis!
I found some baby preying mantis that had just hatched today! I was able to only get a few quick pictures of them before they all started running away. ( you might need to click on the image to see…
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Trisha has posted a new entry on: Butterfly Gardening Blog
Birds in pond
There’s a pond near our house that I stop by sometimes when walking my dog. There are many different birds all around it. Today, I saw some geese - and a nest with eggs in it! Here are the…
- April 21st, 2009
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Trisha has posted a new entry on: Butterfly Gardening Blog
Sad butterfly day
My one Pipevine Swallowtail pupa - from the only Pipevine Swallowtails caterpillars that I’ve ever had - that I took such good care of over the winter - my dog attacked and possibly ate. Kille…
- April 20th, 2009
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Trisha has posted a new entry on: Butterfly Gardening Blog
My violets are blooming
My wild violets - Viola sororia - are blooming! They are so pretty when blooming in large groups. Unfortunately this year, since I’m behind in getting the garden cleaned up, some of them are c…
- April 14th, 2009
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Trisha has posted a new entry on: Butterfly Gardening Blog
Over-wintering pupa
Someone asked about how I keep my pupa over the winter. I used to have an enclosure that I could raise caterpillars in and let them pupate also. It started falling apart and I don’t have a new…
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Trisha has posted a new entry on: Ideas for Women News Blog
Earthday is coming!
Last year I wrote a series of posts for Earthday that are still just as relevant: Earthday Environmental E’s! Effect - the area around you in a positive way Extend - the use of the items you use and…
- April 13th, 2009
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Trisha has posted a new entry on: Butterfly Gardening Blog
Black Swallowtails emerged from chrysalids
I had a couple of Black Swallowtails who I had pupating over the winter emerge today! I think it is a bit early for them in this area though - I don’t know if they will do very well. Its been…
