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Lynn Rosenblatt, author of MONARCH MAGIC and MONARCH BUDDIES dedicates 20 years to "POM-POM Paradise!" Connecticut teacher and author LYNN ROSENBLATT devoted twenty-five years to teaching energetic and spontaneous first and second grade children. She empowered students through a global teaching approach and welcomed student creativity and spontaneity. Her websites http://www.lynnrosenblattbooks.co...

Register now for Milkweed Madness .  Listen to The Garden Path Podcast with Misti Little. I was a guest on her show. Look for Ep. 3-18: Grow Milkweed Plants | Brad Grimm   Host: Brad Grimm Intro Music: sunny -  Bensound.com Outro Music: acusticbreeze -  Bensound.com

Anurag Agrawal author of Monarchs and Milkweed speaks to us on the topics that are most interesting to us.  Book title - Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution Grow Milkweed Plants podcast - Season 3 Episode 3 Read the recent blog posts by todays guest. Click on the titles which are links to monarchs and milkweed in Oxaca Mexico a...

Winter sown. Garden grown. Use milk jugs to grow milkweed plants starting in the winter. Grow Milkweed Plants podcast - Season 3 Episode 2 Step two of winter sowing milkweed seeds in a one gallon greenhouse. My YouTube video link:  https://youtu.be/5VMLrbqBauU How many monarch butterflies in the western population? See for yourself at https://www.westernmonarchcount.org  Numbers should be released...

Sorry for the long delay between episodes. I'm back and this episode is full of awesome content that will get you thinking about and growing milkweed plants. Episode timeline... 2:15 NRCS.USDA.GOV link to Regional Pollinator Efforts - Monarch Butterfly  NRCS encourages farmers to plant pollinator strips to help the monarch butterfly. Seeds recommended included eight species of native milkweed whic...

Jewel milkweed. Join me as we go explore the plant in-person. Host: Brad Grimm

Vocabulary word: Phenology Cautionary tale of blindness. Milkweed sap poses a serious health risk to humans. Learn about the risks and how to safely work with milkweed. Milkweed Madness 2017 winners have received their prizes. I'll tell you what the prizes were, who donated some of the prizes and what you can do to make Milkweed Madness even greater in 2018. Monarch butterflies have advanced north...

Vocabulary word: DIAPAUSE Milkweed plant donation by Cat R of Green Thumb Gardnes, on Instagran @hbgtg or https://www.instagram.com/hbgtg/ REGISTER NOW FOR MILKWEED MADNESS 2017 ( press and hold here for link ) or Visit growmilkweedplants.com/milkweedmadness game registration closes on March 12 at midnight.  host: Brad G.

Arizona Milkweed & the Queen Butterfly Arizona has about thirty native milkweed species that are host to both the monarch butterfly and the queen butterfly. On episode 24 I take you to Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area where I see my first Queen butterfly. Locations visited: Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area Desert Botanical Garden Discover butterflies in the desert near Tucson by following Se...

In Australia the Wanderer Butterfly is found on the East coast from Brisbane thru Bundaberg. www.growmilkweedplants.com/23 Host: Brad Grimm Music by Gary Thomas, Breath on the album Didgeridoo

Congratulations to my brothers family on the birth of their new baby Rosemarie Sarah Grimm!  Peaces - Handmade jewelry & adornments with a nature-theme, perfect for wearing your essential oils! How a Quebec company used a weed to create a one-of-a-kind winter coat Support monarchs and the show by ordering milkweeds from Grow Milkweed Plants View the complete Show Notes by pressing and holding here...

The Biggest Little Butterfly Garden In The World has been raising and releasing the monarch butterfly since 2014. In this episode you will hear: Season start dates Season totals (or totals to date) Biggest single release date of the season Learn about monarch tagging programs Thank you for listening! Host: Brad G.  Follow on social media @growmilkweedplants Visit www.growmilkweedplants.com  

Monarch butterflies in the East are passing the 49º Latitude aka USA/Canada border and beginning the migration South toward Mexico. Learn where they will be in the next month and when they traditionally arrive in Mexico. Tim Wong is saving the California Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly by growing the host plant, California Pipevine. I travel to Golden Gate Park to meet Tim and learn about his amazi...

Connect with Bryan Burks @BSburks who gave me a guided tour of the LA Arboretum @LAarboretum   http://www.arboretum.org Discover more about monarchs via Monarch Arc  and read the story by the VC Reporter featuring Juliana Danaus. The story is - The butterfly effect http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/the_butterfly_effect/14163/ Featured song  Chasing Butterflies by Karoline Host: Brad G Sho...

Brad G. flys to Omaha Nebraska to discover that common milkweed is pretty common.  Links mentioned in the show: THANK YOU RACHEL C. THE " ORIGINAL BUTTERFLY " AKA O.B. THE STORY OF AN ORGANISM: COMMON MILKWEED Raising Butterflies and Moths for Conservation Show Notes are available  at www.growmilkweedplants.com/018 Host: Brad G. Original publish date: 6/20/16

Milkweed at large, seeking out native milkweed in Washoe County, Nevada - 017 View the complete show notes page at www.growmilkweedplants.com/017 Invitation to the Grow Milkweed Plants facebook group Local milkweed report Monarch Passion tee shirt at Teespring.com (Milkweed Planter) Mowing down a monarch and the apology Traveling to Omaha, NE to search for milkweed Outro music by Waylon Jennings,...

1M Monarchs vs. a Mine, MexiRocks, Garden Vandalism & Jewel Milkweed - Episode 016 View complete show notes page: http://www.growmilkweedplants.com/016 Learn about the threat that could deplete the water supply for the Oyamel Fir trees resulting in massive habitat destruction of the habitat that the monarchs overwinter on in Mexico. Learn how to order MexiRocks which directly support the citizens....

Grow Milkweed Plants Podcast Show notes: www.growmilkweedplants.com/015 Monarch deaths in Mexico on March 11, 2016 Cold moist stratification of milkweed seeds Milkweed Madness 2016 Host: Brad Grimm

Host: Brad Grimm @growmilkweed Content in this episode: Eastern Monarch Population in Mexico 2015/2016 Milkweed Madness seed giveaway If its good for the butterflies, it's good for me. Featured song: The Great Monarch Migration Visit "Milkweed Madness" free seed contest and enter to win! Visit the page that accompanies this podcast episode  for expanded notes.

GMP Podcast Episode 013 - "Western Monarch Butterfly Population 2015" > page that accompanies this podcast

GMP Podcast Episode 012 - "Braderfly at the Museum" > page that accompanies this podcast

GMP Podcast Episode 011 - "Pacific Grove Monarchs" > page that accompanies this podcast

If it's good for the butterflies; it's good for me. Visit growmilkweedplants.com  to find milkweed native to your area. View the show notes page for this episode by pressing and holding this link:  growmilkweedplants.com/010  

August is peak breeding season for monarch butterflies. Milkweed is tall as your head. Caterpillars are chomping away at leaves. Start planning next year's butterly garden today.  Facebook groups mentioned: The Beautiful Monarch  Open Group - Admin Holli Webb Hearn Raising Butterflies and Moths for Conservation  Closed Group - Admin Mona L. Miller Grow Milkweed Plants  Public Group - Admin (me) Br...

Podcast brought to you by Brad Grimm at  Grow Milkweed Plants Sources for monarch research tags: Monarch Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest  This page includes the recovery of monarch tag  #4130 that flew from Annabella in CA to Kendra in ID Southwest Monarchs Monarch Watch Tags ($15) To find more information about the rearing cage that I am using to raise a monarch from egg to butterfly visit t...