Changing and falling leaves are a sure sign of fall, and so are milkweed seed pods starting to dry out in preparation of being harvested. Milkweed is the only host plant of monarch butterflies, ...

Grow milkweeds for monarch butterfly caterpillars. Milkweed seeds require a cold, moist process called stratification in ...

Long before humans invented drones, Mother Nature had already created the perfect air-delivery method. I witnessed it this week when the fat pods on the milkweed plant in my backyard exploded in ...

There is good news about the monarch butterfly migration this year. It looks like the number of butterflies that made it to their overwintering grounds in Mexico has nearly doubled compared to last ...

Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed monarch butterflies, whose numbers in the ...

The pods should be placed in a paper bag and stored a dry place before being dropped off. The bags should also be marked with the county where they were collected. Lininger said that’s to better ...

Habitat loss for this iconic black and orange butterfly, especially along its migratory routes, is devastating monarch populations. Help a winged friend out by planting milkweed. Just a few months ago ...

OTSEGO, Minn. - Here's a chance to join the monarch mission and earn a few bucks while you're at it. Collect a five-gallon bucket of milkweed pods and Minnesota Native Landscapes will either pay you ...

Fall is the perfect time to collect next year's blooms. Harvest seeds from your favorite plants now and enjoy a lush, ...

LISBON –If you plant them they will come. Milkweed, that is! Milkweed and Monarch butterflies have an essential connection because the monarchs only lay their eggs on the leaves of the milkweed plant.

Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on milkweed plants so the larvae have a food source once they hatch. The Ohio Department of Transportation is helping to collect milkweed seed pods, with the idea of ...

Collected pods should be placed in paper bags, since plastic can attract moisture. If you must store the pods before dropping them off, do so in a cool, dry area. Bags should be marked with the date ...