Are you thinking about starting a butterfly garden? Are you looking for inspiration, or ideas? In this article, I'll explain how we started our butterfly garden, and what we've learned along the way....
Posts by Jeff Fulkerson
Each spring the eastern North American Monarch butterflies leave their overwintering sites in Mexico and start their journey north, reaching all the way to Canada, 3,000 miles away. Throughout this...
If you want to help increase the Monarch population, milkweed is the first plant you should consider adding to your garden. Milkweed is the only plant that Monarch caterpillars eat. Without milkweed,...
The North American Monarch might be the most commonly known Monarch butterfly, but did you know that this is not the only Monarch in the world? There is also the African Monarch, Indian Monarch,...
If you are wondering how long a Monarch Butterfly lives, the answer is that it depends on how you are asking the question. You see, the Monarch butterfly isn't born a butterfly. It starts its life as...
Growing up in the Chicago suburbs in the 1980s and '90s, Monarch butterflies were such a common sight during the summers. It wasn't until I got older, got married, bought a house in the same...