Well done. Anesthetizing birds is always so tricky

My cat will also do this. And if I put a blanket on his spot he’ll go sleep somewhere else

Shows from my youth I’ve watched with my kid: The Muppets Full House Animaniacs

I think it’s going to be used to hold toys, but plants are a great idea!

Yeah I’m gonna have to knit some for me now too. They’re just too fun not to

With the occasional “nooope” thrown in

Well damn, I was hoping it was for a good (happy) reason. I’ll make sure to keep an eye out for signs of OE in my native flower garden

Do you have a source for the monarchs not needing more milkweed planted? I’m hoping I missed some great news.

Last I heard the advice was still to plant more milkweed because we’re below the level needed to try and grow the population - since it’s being considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act and milkweed is the only plant the caterpillars can survive on. If we got that done or found a better way that’s awesome

$0.13213 per kWh plus a $0.58915 per day “customer charge”

First time I left my spouse and cat alone, my cat trapped them in the bathroom.

Good luck!

Congratulations!

Thanks for the quick reply. My peas and bee balm have been hit hard this year after the same mild winter

This sounds delicious, thanks for sharing!

What did you spray for the mildew?

After WNS [white-nose syndrome] detection, insecticide use was about 1 kg/km2 higher in the WNS-confirmed counties compared with the non-WNS counties, relative to the year before WNS detection. After more than 5 years from initial exposure, insecticide use was, on average, more than 2 kg/km2 higher. These results reflect substantial increases, above 25%

The paper, if anyone wants to read it

But god made everything our domain, so surely we’re above it /s

I don’t know the actual answer. My theory is it’s this confusing so it’s hard for the general population to catch the mistakes. This allows insurance companies get out of paying as much as they’re supposed to. And hospitals don’t really care who does the paying, as long as they get paid

Mine are all in the ground

I’ll have to try the cinnamon next year. I ended up sprinkling diatomaceous earth around the bottom of it and that seemed to help. But I’m not sure how often a monarch caterpillar might move to another plant so I was worried the DE may harm them too.

Some of the plants do have aphids, but not all my plants with ants on them had aphids (at least that I could find). I know ants will sometimes carry aphids, so maybe they were scouting out new plants?