Accent on Natural Landscaping

Donna VanBuecken

4th of July 2019

My wish for you on this day America has set aside to celebrate our independence is a safe and healthy holiday! https://youtu.be/CuN0fnlpxJ4 Eastern Swallowtail butterfly nectaring on Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) and joined by a female Monarch butterfly. We hold these truths to be … [Read more...]

First Monarch of Season

Saturday, May 25th I was moving a mulch pile and I was fortunate to notice the first Monarch of the season. Later in the afternoon, we saw two of them dancing together. They moved so elegantly, but so fast I wasn't able to get another photo. It took me 30 minutes of following this one around with my … [Read more...]

Cinco de Mayo – Chile Rellenos

Sunday, May 5th is the annual celebration of Cinco de Mayo -- a celebration of the Mexican way of life and its importance to the continued survival of the Monarch butterfly. See Cinco de Mayo May 5th. As some of you already know, John and I spent the first seven years of our life in New Mexico … [Read more...]

Final Webinar in MCD Series

The US Fish & Wildlife Service is hosting its final installment of the Monarch Conservation Database (MCD)* webinar series on April 25 at 11am CST. The webinar will provide participants with a summary of the data currently in the MCD as well as the process for querying the data. MCD Web … [Read more...]

Late Monarch Arrivals in Texas may mean Loss of Population Growth

Last month, Chip Taylor, Founder and Director of Monarch Watch, responded to a question related to the potential for monarch migration routes being shut down between Mexico and Texas because of the cold weather, and what this would mean for monarch population growth. The writer understood monarchs … [Read more...]