slowcala's blog: Oh, no! I ran out of Milkweed

I knew better than to start the caterpillars in a jar. I knew there had to be a reason why I never did it. To me, the best way is the natural way. This morning when I went out and looked in the jar, all of the Milkweed had been eaten down to the nub and I cleaned out the jar, (the poo) and put in a fresh stem. When I came in from my morning gardening chores that stem had been eaten almost entirely. What to do, what to do. I knew I wouldn't have enough for another day so I called my friend Barb and asked if she could take them. She said yes. Barb has lots of patches of Milkweed all over her yard.

This afternoon we took over what we thought was only 3 caterpillars, but there were actually 6. Some of them were so tiny. I guess my eyes are getting bad. Anyway, Barb released all 6 into her Milkweed patch and they were eating when I left. She is so good. She feels the same way I do about not putting them in a jar.

Before we left, she dug up 7 or 8 volunteer Milkweed plants for my garden and some Cosmo's to boot. That Milkweed seed is carried by the wind all over her yard.

I took her a large cutting of Tithonia diversifolia so she can have some in her garden. She's happy, I'm happy. All is right in the Monarch world. I have every confidence that those Monarch's will eclose and maybe she will get to watch some of them.

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