Re:California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Hits Record Low
by kevmo on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @12:13PM
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TL;DR Do your part and plant some plants, people.
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Re:California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Hits Record Low
by bg4 on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @02:41PM
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Hope to one day buy a bunch of land in the middle of nowhere Texas and blanket it in milkweed and other supporting plants.
Re:California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Hits Record Low
by ta345435435 on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @03:23PM
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I bought a few packets of seeds as salad greens this year, with a pack of sunflowers (nice to eat as young shoots apparently), chervil (not a fan) and something else; I've now got about 30-40 big sunflowers in my little garden plot, the honey bees and bumble bees are having a field day with them (and I assume the birds will with the seeds afterwards). Little crickets (relaxing songs at night), ladybugs etc have all moved in, and they look great.
Onto milkweeds next I guess, and something for the native Aussie bees too.
Re:California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Hits Record Low
by threatofrain on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @12:18PM
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I'm surprised there aren't collective coordination apps for things like this.
Re:California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Hits Record Low
by rch on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @01:37PM
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I'm finding that libraries in Colorado and upstate NY are receptive to playing an expanded role.
It turns out that providing seeds one may 'check out' for a season, and maintaining gardens of native plants as a teaching platform is generally compatible with their traditional role as stewards of knowledge.
Re:California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Hits Record Low
by ecshafer on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @12:42PM
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Meetup.com probably has groups for those sort of things.
Re:California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Hits Record Low
by threatofrain on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @02:26PM
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I thought Meetup is more so for physical meetings.