I just finished reading the latest report about the Monarch populations overwintering in Mexico. It’s not good. I’ll try and provide just a brief summary, but I encourage you to read the full article when you have time. Only 7 Monarch Butterfly colonies were observed comprising 1.92 hectares (however big that is). In the 1990′s...
Monthly Archives: January 2010 Before the freezing temperatures occurred (around Christmas), we brought 15 Monarch Chrysalises indoors. All but 3 of those Chrysalises were hatched and released. Because of the extreme cold, I didn’t feel it was warm enough to release the last 3 hatchlings. The cold weather allowed us to master the art of hand feeding Butterflies. The... For those who don’t know or who are not living in the Houston area, we are having the coldest weather we’ve had in over 10 years. We’ve been having temperatures in the low 20′s which has just been devastating for many plants. We covered most of our fruit plants and have been bringing the milkweed... |
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