I am also interested in identifying this tree. I have one in my back yard and see them all over Cape Coral however cannot find what it is anywhere. Did you ever find out?

Yes, That is the plant. The cats on the dill are not Monarch's. Monarchs have black yellow and green stripes, but no dots. They will only eat Milk Weed. Each summer in Michigan,our grand daughters and I raise a couple of monarchs in a screened covered jar. BUT we also have gobs of wild milkweed. Seems as if I am the only one in our park that has this plant, but we noticed tonight that three of the cats have started their next phase, so the new plant should be food enough for the other three.I have hopes that my plants will grow new leaves, and maybe a new family of monarchs..

hehe hi digit :) there's almost 200 different types of kimchi & not all of them are spicy. :) there's several water kimchis that are delicious & sweet.. one uses asian pears & green onions in some sweet water (i liked that one) & another uses cubed radish chunks in sweet water. heck, americans eat a form of cucumber kimchi & they don't even realize it! vinegar & water with onions & cucumber = kimchi. lol cabbage kimchi is called tong baechu kimchi, baechu = cabbage :) it's easy to make, but very time consuming. oh.. i found one of my cook books & it told me what type of mustard koreans use for seasoning their kimchi.. it's called indian mustard in english. in korean, it's "kat". the book says it's a member of the brassica juncea family & has brownish or reddish-brown seeds... but it didn't say anything about mustard leaf kimchi. :( they also use wild rocambole (allium monanthum) & ixeris sonchifolia.. my pepper plants were started inside, don't worry :) they're outside now, though, getting some real sun. it's been too cold to do anything outside. up til this past week, it was freezing at night. looks like we're good to go now, though. :) as for radishes & carrots, oklahoma summers get sooooooooo hot. sometimes well over 100 degrees with 80+ % humidity.. and the soil here is very much like clay. i could go in my back yard & dig up a buuuuunch of clay. :D lol want some? :D haha so.. about the pelleted carrot seeds.. do you just put them in clay & then plant them? or do you have to let them dry first, like you do with seed balls? :) i'm not actually using the soil we have in the backyard, though.. unfortunately, i rent. all my stuff is in pots or boxes outside.. but i have big pots & boxes! lol :) and thank you jimster for telling me about pine nuts. :D i always heard they were expensive!.. but i'll have to go check it out. :) best wishes, ~ Candy

Congratulations cAROL!!! That is SO exciting!! I'm happy your milkweed is blooming and hope you get lots of butterflies in your garden. I've been adding plants the butterflies & hummingbirds love to my flowerbeds the past several years. I sure got a jump on it this year with all the WS perennials I grew. Milkweed grows here on the hill behind the breezeway where my mother encouraged it as a host plant for the monarch butterfly caterpillars. I have never heard or read anything about the seasalt sand. I have read that butterflies can't drink from a birdbath and the experts suggest you keep a shallow puddle of water surrounded by sand where they can drink. I'll see what I can dig up for information and email it to you. Happy gardening!!! Eileen