Date: 04/01/2015

Number: 1

The milkweed I planted June of 2014 in my backyard has over-wintered and sprouted! Last June I planted 36 milkweed plugs, and 13 had died by the end of the Summer, leaving 23. Of those, 15 overwintered and shot up this Spring and are healthy and growing strong! In the past, I've seen the occasional Monarch in the neighborhood and on my property, but the neighbors' properties are drenched in chemicals front to back, all Spring Summer and Fall so the butterflies don't stick around long. Now they will hopefully. Also, I haven't used chemicals on my property of any kind in three years (since we bought the place)so I should start to see results.

Grand Junction, CO

Latitude: 39.1 Longitude: -108.5

Observed by: Jerome
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