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I was curious if planting milkweed would really bring in a monarch. Hadn't seen one since I moved in 3 years ago. Planted swamp milkweed and butterfly weed this spring. Worked great, lots of caterpillars and monarchs already on just 8 plants. They just needed a reason to visit.

I just planted the swamp milkweeds this spring. They were tiny little seedlings and now just a foot and a half tall and I already have monarchs! I feel like I should be standing guard over them.

And it's amazing!

Last year I planted 6 so I knew what I was doing this year. My soil is quite clay so I first removed 3 yards of soil, tons of roots and other buried things. I had my garden soil already and mixed in some loam and soil acidifier.

First I started with 6 inches of leaves on the bottom of the trench. Then I piled the soil mix in the spot the bushes would be buried and stuck the plant on top. Filled in the area around the pile with organic mulch, this keeps the plant from getting water logged and retains moisture during dry periods. 8 different types of blueberries are planted now. Along with cherries, raspberries, strawberries and soon an apple tree and some elderberry bushes. All for my son and the local wildlife to enjoy. Took me about 4 hours to do.

I just got spun, it's great.

Proof: https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a6ed95b2-818b-4bbe-b98f-42f350e7f7b3.jpeg

I have an enterprise account and they added this button today. Guess what used to be there? The profile image where you could so conveniently swipe up or down to switch between gmail accounts. This is the kind of UI garbage that makes you want to move your entire company to another service just because you can.

Save 100s of dollars and hours picking them out one by one from lucky charms boxes and just buy it in bulk dumny.

Merry Christmas you filthy animals!