skip to main content

Butterfly Garden

Released my last two Monarchs yesterday

11 years ago

We ended our first season raising butterflies yesterday releasing numbers 75 and 76. Ten were Black Swallowtails, the rest Monarchs. It was so much fun that we are already making plans to expand our host plants so that we can raise even more next year. Thanks to everyone here for making me welcome. I have enjoyed being part of the forum.

Sort by:Oldest

Comments (3)

MissSherry
11 years ago
Congratulations on all your releases!

Raising butterflies is addicting, isn't it? But it's a healthy addiction! :)

Sherry
terrene
11 years ago
Congrats Mostone, 76 releases is pretty good for a first year! I think I only did 23 or something (gotta check records on that). This year it's probably somewhere between 150-200 and there are still 5 chrysalises left.

MissSherry is right, it's very addicting and I just keep getting sucked in deeper every year...but I LOVE it!!
ala8south
11 years ago
Oh my gosh! Those numbers are incredible! We released our first today and it was such a rush. hadn't intended to raise one. But I'd been outside about to pull up my milkweed because I hadn't seen a single Monarch. When I bent over there was a Monarch cat eating away.....and only 4 inches away was a black swallowtail cat in the clutches of some bug that was sucking it's guts out. So I had to save it!
Dell

Related Stories

GARDENING FOR BUTTERFLIES Be a Butterfly Savior — Garden for the Monarchs

By Benjamin Vogt / Monarch Gardens

Keep hope, beauty and kindness alive in the landscape by providing a refuge for these threatened enchanters

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris Ligulistylis)

By Benjamin Vogt / Monarch Gardens

Make fast friends with the monarch butterflies and get a color show too with this adaptable U.S. Midwest native

FALL GARDENING Reflecting on a Gardening Year

By Benjamin Vogt / Monarch Gardens

Mistakes and successes, surprises and comforts. The garden helps us grow in new ways every year

GARDENING GUIDES How I Learned to Be an Imperfect Gardener

By Benjamin Vogt / Monarch Gardens

Letting go can lead to a deeper level of gardening and a richer relationship with the landscape. Here's how one nature lover did it

LIFE 10 Ways to Work Through Grief Triggers During the Holidays

By Shelly Miller Leer

A year after losing her sister, she was facing another holiday. Here’s how one woman learned to find joy again

GARDENING GUIDES 15 Ideas to Try in Your Garden This Year

By Annie Thornton

These gardening stories were tops among Houzz readers. Which ideas might you try this year?

GARDENING GUIDES How to Find the Right Native Plants for Your Yard

By Benjamin Vogt / Monarch Gardens

Find plant maps, sale sites and guides that make going native in the garden easier than ever

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Anise Hyssop Delights Licorice Lovers

By Pollination Press LLC

With its distinct scent and flower spikes, drought-tolerant Agastache foeniculum stirs interest among humans and winged creatures alike

DECLUTTERING Small Steps for Keeping Your Housekeeping Resolutions

By Alison Hodgson

Take a different approach this year, making simple, positive changes that add up before you know it

GARDENING FOR BUTTERFLIES Gardening for the Bees, and Why It’s a Good Thing

By Benjamin Vogt / Monarch Gardens

When you discover how hard bees work for our food supply, you may never garden without them in mind again

Sponsored

More Discussions

?what to do with this little guy?

3