Viewing post #1140097 by mellielong

Elfrieda, that moth is a cutie, but without the wings, he could be a lot of species. That's great that you're raising Monarchs!

Elaine, glad to hear everything is okay. My old house in Tampa was 32 feet above sea level and Dad used to say we were on a hill. At our new house here in Lutz, Dad put in a French drain. But that whole side yard area kept washing away. It's very shady so the grass doesn't really grow there. So he let me plant a whole bunch of native plants for erosion control. That's where my Abutilon, Sweetbay, Yellow Anise, Parsley Hawthornes, Flatwoods Plum, Fringe Tree, and Mayhaw all grow. And you know I planted them too close together. I'm a terrible planner. Oh, and then I get volunteer Beautyberry that comes up (thank you, birds). And last year a Pokeweed showed up and I'm just letting it grow. There's some kind of moth that loves it. I raised one last year just to see what it turned into.

Well, I'm going to go get cleaned up because we're taking Mom and Grandma to Outback! Yum, yum. Bloomin' Onion for me! Not the whole thing; I share.