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Monarch butterfly in my own backyard. Marine Monarchs  is funded thru generous donation's including a match by Monarch Watch . Have you seen any monarchs this year? Milkweed is growing as the weather warms. Flowers are begining to bloom and the Spring migration of monarchs is reaching the Northern US. Continue the conversation at:  http://www.growmilkweedplants.com/007.html

Texas Monarch Migration 2015 Migrating monarchs pass thru Texas in early spring. The Texas milkweed is super important and provides a habitat that allows the monarch to reproduce. If you would like to help this podcast then you can start by planting and growing a milkweed plant. More information is available at my website www. GrowMilkweedPlants.com a link will be available in the show notes. I wa...

Episode 005 show notes: Title March Monarch Madness    Links mentioned in this episode: Find Milkweed for monarchs at:  Grow Milkweed Plants website   Marine Monarchs:  facebook.com/marine.monarchs   Monarch Migration data:  learner.org/jnorth/maps/monarch_spring2015.html   The company jet:  Southwest Airlines   On this podcast I will be talking about three main topics. Weather, Marine Monarchs an...

Connect with me at  Grow Milkweed Plants 1. First growth on milkweed. Transplanting showy milkweed to the ground.  2. Breakup of monarchs In overwintering sites and start of migration 3. Plans to monitor and report in travel podcasts on the migration thru Austin in Spring and Summertime milkweed in Yosemite.  4. Milkweed restoration projects and late season mowing.   5. The ebb and flow of milkwee...

Monarch population is nearly flat but greatly reduced from previous decades. Pestacides in your garden could be lethal to monarch caterpillars nearby. Interstate 35 is becoming the Monarch highway. Milkweed in my backyard. Where are the monarchs vacationing in Mexico?   Grow Milkweed Plants   Sources: The Washington Post -  http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/02/09/the-mo...

Visit  www.growmilkweedplants.com  for more information On todays episode I am going to share a few of the expeditions that I took this winter. I said expeditions but what I am talking about is visits that I made to monarch overwintering sites in California. I did not visit all of the more than 100 locations. I visited six locations. The first two were great because of their location in San Diego...

Milkweed is the host plant for monarch butterflies. I discovered that the monarch population dropped to historic lows between my visit to over-wintering sites between 1996-97 and 2014-15.  Visit www.growmilkweedplants.com  for more information. The decline in milkweed plants as a habitat may be the most important factor in population. I have taken action to grow milkweed plants. I share a few ways...

As a California boy raised on the central coastside I loved the ocean and the forest. One place that was a special treat for me in the winter was the State Beach named Natural Bridges. Natural Bridges State Beach is located in California on the North side of Santa Cruz. There is a butterfly sanctuary for Monarch Butterflies that is open to the public. The Monarch Trail is a place you must go. At N...