We have had a few inquiries about what to do in light of the recent freeze. Short answer – we hope those plants have a chance to bounce back before the height of the migration in the coming weeks.
Tag: butterfly garden
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Published in Welcome Home RGV, March 3, 2021 — Vines add vibrancy and variety to a garden . . . .
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As I perused the list of sessions for the Virtual TMN Annual Conference, I was drawn like a monarch to milkweed when I saw the
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Welcome Home Winter Texan publication — Find the joy in building a community butterfly garden. Story and photos by Anita Westervelt
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by Anita Westervelt, Texas Master Naturalist Several years ago, I dedicated a partially dead mesquite tree as a natural trellis for a native climbing milkweed
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by Heidi Linnemann The Monarch butterflies we see in the Valley spend their winters in Mexico’s central mountain range and summers in our northern states.