Anyone remember the old nonsense song "Have you ever seen a butter fly...a barn dance...? It came to mind while I was sitting on my front steps watching two white butterflies dipsy doodling their way around the yard. Then a monarch flew by, a monster compared to the white ones.
My grasslands are host to multitudes of milkweed, so it makes me glad to do some small part in the preservation of monarchs. When there have been controlled burns of the grass, milkweeds are the first to emerge. It appears that the fire benefits the milkweeds as much as it does the native grasses like big and little bluestem. The recent good news about monarchs increase is heartening. Brother, sister butterfly!
Takk for alt,
Al
Starting a controlled burn.
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