Our monarch caterpillar is growing bigger. Monarch butterfly, tiger swallowtail and other butterflies visited us today as usual. I got quite some photos and videos.
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New growth and more blossoms as usual. Monarch and Tiger Swallowtail visited us today as usual. One of our purple Lily Trees gives its first two beautiful blossoms today in our butterfly gardens. Super big and scented. I planted them with bulbs last autumn. The other two that I planted at the same time have
When I went out to my gardens this late afternoon, I saw a Monarch butterfly staying on the milkweeds that naturally grow around our home. She flew from one plant to another and she is so friendly and just let me stay beside her to take photos and videos. Several times, she flew around me,
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It is another beautiful day. I saw a Monarch caterpillar on the leave of our milkweed plant as I watered my butterfly gardens this morning. Super excited. Judging from the stage of the caterpillar, Monarch had visited us. My outdoor spring seedlings have been blossoming in my butterfly gardens. Super beautiful and amazing! I have
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I spent almost the whole day working in the butterfly gardens today again, doing all kinds of gardening work including taking photos. A lot of excitement again with more blossoms and growth and butterflies as usual. In the late afternoon, when I went back home to have a rest and sat at the window, I
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There is excitement each and every day and I just can’t help posting a little bit online each day for the last days. Meanwhile, I was outside almost all day today in my butterfly gardens for gardening, admiring flowers or seeing butterflies. I think I really need to stop for a while for online updates
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It is exciting that the blue balloon flower plants that I grew this spring in mid-May with bare roots give their first beautiful blossom today. There are also more blossoms planted from seeds or naturally growing in our butterfly gardens. Beautiful. As usual, butterflies visit us. Beautiful. Groups of butterflies stay together in my butterfly
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An amazing morning again while I was doing some work in the gardens. All types of butterflies came to visit me and flew around me. Thank you for making our butterfly gardens your home. Beautiful. Welcome! Another piece of exciting news is that another type of our milkweed– the swamp milkweed, has flower buds today.
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I added one more program today. I started the program last spring and summer as other programs. I preserve and take care of the native and naturally growing plants and flowers and integrate them into my butterfly gardens as they are part of the healthy ecosystem. My thinking is: nature and nurture embrace each other
It is another amazing day today like every day. Two other types of butterflies were seen in our butterfly gardens in addition to our regular visitors. Beautiful. Welcome! New plants that I planted this spring and last autumn keep blossoming. Beautiful. Due to the huge amount of workload, I will mostly update things at the
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