Brood Status

The Monarchs are abundant this time of year around this area (South-central PA), and my milkweed supply is dwindling. There is enough, but I'll have to make sure I get the seed pods and scatter those through the field at the right time this fall. Milkweed is normally so invasive, but I seem to have had a mole issue for the last two years and I just cannot control those little buggers... they even ate a whole section of lavender. I didn't think anything else ate the Milkweed, but apparently, moles do, and if they do, they don't seem to be dying untimely deaths from doing so. There are now 7 barn cats hanging around here, so next Spring there should be far less devastation. We shall see.

In about a week, I should have a lot of great photos to show off. It won't be long before the mass emergence where there will be about a dozen each day.