Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Seeds are sprouting!

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The greenhouse is heating up and looking good. I have 3 different methods of sowing going on.  2 trays of seeds in soil on heating mat. ...
Friday, February 28, 2020

Hello friends

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Time to start sowing milkweed seeds.  I'm a bit late, but like they say 'better late then never'.  This will be my first time ...
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Here it is, 2020

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Where has the time gone. Instead of blogging I took the last couple of years off and starting to 'journal' about my adventures of r...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Wow...already the end of August!

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Things are busy in the Gilmore nursery AND I am also 'cat' sitting 13 for a friend~ Her's are in the small cube. All are i...
Sunday, August 12, 2018

A crazy day indeed!

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    First thing this morning I went out to check for milkweed seeds. This is the pod of a swamp milkweed. I will collect until mid...
Saturday, August 11, 2018

Soon things will start changing....

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A couple of years ago I did sign up as part as the Monarch Waystation.  I'm Monarch Watch: #16918 These guys are getting sooo...
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Friday, August 10, 2018

The caterpillars are getting fat....

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  Here you can see 6 of the 9 cats that are in one cage.                                                 Let's play pee...
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Sunday, August 5, 2018

More Cats...

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  This morning while making my usual milkweed check I did come across 3 more tiny caterpillars.  Like I have said before it's not my...
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Saturday, August 4, 2018

Sooner then I expected...

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...on the monarch end~ I collected 7 very small caterpillars this morning and what might be one egg. Oh, make that 9. Just found two more. ...
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Friday, August 3, 2018

Let's see...where were we?

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  Pretty much at this point it's quite in the Gilmore nursery. 5 chrysalis are hanging, waiting out the 9-14 days before they enclo...
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Thursday, August 2, 2018

Hi friends,

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It's been a month since I last posted. So I'm going to play 'catch up' before the fall migration begins.  This is #5. So...
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