And I think that just maybe Gracie has learned that just because her Great-Aunt is “Old” doesn’t mean that she is unaware of current issues and the terminology to go with those issues.
Night-Gaunt49: Except for a rather small national park, they are losing their winter grounds in Mexico. This year was the first time in ages I saw an abundance of milkweed (their main larval food), but no monarchs.
We have plenty of butterflies. Here are some do’s and don’tsDo – Have bushes, shrubs or trees with small flowers so that something is always floweringDo let your wildflowers growDo – Have moisture for the butterfliesDon’t use poisons (herbicides or insecticides)We also have a lot of bees visiting the flowers. And weeds. We have spiders, including tarantulas, lizards, and a few things like scorpions and centipedes that I’d rather not have.But if you want butterflies, It’s all about having habitat that is healthy for a large variety of things, instead of trying to kill everything except a small handful of species.
Now that Monsanto and allies have immunity from prosecution, promiscuous spraying is destroying crops, apiaries, and everything else along the food change – ultimately us too.
@Night-Gaunt49It’s hard to have a healthy little corner of the world, even if you do everything right, when all around you people are spraying a lot of poison. Example – People don’t want mosquitoes, but find it too difficult to find and drain the stagnant water sources where the larvae develop. So when talk of mosquito born illness surfaces (West Nile, for example) the city starts spraying. I’m fortunate to live in the Texas Hill Country where there is a lot of undeveloped and un-farmed land.
Irronically, we live in the ’burbs and have a lot of butterflies and bees around our 10×10 veggie garden, my parents live out in the country and have tons of flowering bushes an over 30 tomato plants but all they ever see any more are wasps…..
Templo S.U.D. about 11 years ago
Huh. Continuation from yesterday. (It’s great to see the greats minds of a grandaunt and a grandniece thinking alike.)
KenTheCoffinDweller about 11 years ago
And I think that just maybe Gracie has learned that just because her Great-Aunt is “Old” doesn’t mean that she is unaware of current issues and the terminology to go with those issues.
QuietStorm27 about 11 years ago
I think we may be in trouble – I don’t see many butterflies anymore.
Comic Minister Premium Member about 11 years ago
Ahhhh!
hippogriff about 11 years ago
Night-Gaunt49: Except for a rather small national park, they are losing their winter grounds in Mexico. This year was the first time in ages I saw an abundance of milkweed (their main larval food), but no monarchs.
Charlie Fogwhistle about 11 years ago
We have plenty of butterflies. Here are some do’s and don’tsDo – Have bushes, shrubs or trees with small flowers so that something is always floweringDo let your wildflowers growDo – Have moisture for the butterfliesDon’t use poisons (herbicides or insecticides)We also have a lot of bees visiting the flowers. And weeds. We have spiders, including tarantulas, lizards, and a few things like scorpions and centipedes that I’d rather not have.But if you want butterflies, It’s all about having habitat that is healthy for a large variety of things, instead of trying to kill everything except a small handful of species.
hippogriff about 11 years ago
Now that Monsanto and allies have immunity from prosecution, promiscuous spraying is destroying crops, apiaries, and everything else along the food change – ultimately us too.
Charlie Fogwhistle about 11 years ago
@Night-Gaunt49It’s hard to have a healthy little corner of the world, even if you do everything right, when all around you people are spraying a lot of poison. Example – People don’t want mosquitoes, but find it too difficult to find and drain the stagnant water sources where the larvae develop. So when talk of mosquito born illness surfaces (West Nile, for example) the city starts spraying. I’m fortunate to live in the Texas Hill Country where there is a lot of undeveloped and un-farmed land.
water_moon about 11 years ago
Irronically, we live in the ’burbs and have a lot of butterflies and bees around our 10×10 veggie garden, my parents live out in the country and have tons of flowering bushes an over 30 tomato plants but all they ever see any more are wasps…..