Just like the start of a race, I’m feeling a bit frantic trying to get back into the swing of Monarch Guardianship. I’m pretty confident I’ll find a comfortable stride soon, but I’m not there yet!
Category: Conservation
Posts related to conservation: of biology, ethics, groups, mindsets, and movements.
I was not expecting this…
I went out to look for more eggs, and found this!
And then there were four…
Found two more eggs just now, bringing today’s total to four. All on different plants, but two each, each time, close by each other. All within view of my office window.
Two Monarch eggs to start with again this year!
I’d been looking from time to time for eggs lately, unsure if it was still too early despite having seen some adult Monarchs. Found two today, one each on young plants right next to each other right outside my office window.
Continue reading “Two Monarch eggs to start with again this year!”
Garden Growth–4th July, 2019
Somehow my brain remembered to pull up the month o’ posts from last year, and WOW…suddenly I realized exactly how far behind I am in finishing just about any type of post lately, compared to last. Sadly, not just this month. I’ll keep trying to do better. Continue reading “Garden Growth–4th July, 2019”
Garden Growth–29th April, 2019
Still not feeling up to par, and the intermittent rain made it easy to not do much of anything. Continue reading “Garden Growth–29th April, 2019”
Note to Future Me #11
Stop dithering and either make two small leaf bins, or figure out how to make the time to clear out all the tiny saplings for the larger spot you and your partner picked but haven’t made time to clear yet. I’ve already put too many leaves in the compost, though I did at least make sure to make them somewhat easy to take out later. Sorry about the dithering! Do better than current me, please. [Later Note: Woo! Done!]
Garden Growth–April 13, 2019
The first in what I hope will become a regular effort to streamline a garden journal to have at least a finished dead basic record of what I’ve done on a given day. Here goes! Continue reading “Garden Growth–April 13, 2019”
One week until the first community garden meeting.
I was at City Hall today to take care of a few things, and I stopped by the Conservation Commission office to touch base on a few works in progress like the milkweed seed packets, the upcoming Arbor Day sapling giveaway, and other things they do or have a hand in locally. Continue reading “One week until the first community garden meeting.”