Monarch butterflies are facing habitat loss and environmental challenges, but milkweed plants are essential for their ...

Growing milkweed is one of the most rewarding actions a gardener can take to support monarch butterflies. Monarchs rely on ...

You could use a thermometer placed in the box to keep track of the temperature inside. 3. Carefully repot your plants in grow bags or large pots outdoors once they have a few leaves and the risk of ...

Beyond culinary pursuits, saving seeds from a milkweed plant specifically ... They are too small to survive a winter outdoors. I would keep them under the grow lights for a few more weeks so ...

I have been harvesting milkweed seeds for next year ... They are too small to survive a winter outdoors. I would keep them under the grow lights for a few more weeks so that the seedlings ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," ...

Sometimes the best plant is right outside our backdoor ... It will eventually come up, then quickly grow and set blooms. Butterfly milkweed begins flowering in June, and the flowers will last ...

If you cannot plant it outside within a day or two of harvest ... Their hairy feathers or fluffy structures enable them to ...

PETOSKEY, MI – Lauri Juday carries around little packets of common milkweed seeds and gives them to anyone who promises to plant them. That’s because monarch butterflies need native milkweed ...

Plant a mixture of native plants. Reduce or eliminate the use of pesticides. Plant milkweed to support monarch butterflies. Provide clean water sources. For more information on planting ...

NAOMI: The plants around us are all at different stages in their life cycle. Some are just beginning to grow, some have grown leaves, flowers or fruit and some have been living for a long time and ...