I am interested. I have sweet pea seeds to trade.

I have not seen monarchs this year, maybe just one. At this time of the year in southern Wisc, we would be seeing the migration of Monarchs as they trek to the southwest from Canada, upper Michigan, and upper Wisconsin. I am on the west edge of one of their major flyways, The Monarchs migrating from Canada split the flock when they encounter Lake Michigan and fly along the western and eastern side of the lake. The ones flying the west side of the lake spill westard into the counties west of Lake Michigan. They are fun to observe on a hot sunny day like today. These butterflies are seemingly flitting aimlessly from blosson to blossom until one notices their flight path is not random. Each short hop is in the same direction: southwest, thus the flock drifts along, all in the same direction. An individual monarch might cover 10 miles of more in one day. Sadly, they are missing this year in this location. The flock had a very bad winter in Mexico last winter and the spring impeded their northward trip this year. The Monarchs I would see at this date would be the 3rd or 4th generation from last winter's over wintering flock.

Well Wis Tom, NO I have not been organic gardening since the 70's lol, but I did garden during that period. There is no need to convince you of my qualifications on Monarchs, GMO's, Monsanto etc., but I'm glad you read my talking points, hopefully it helped. What does it have to do with trees? Well I did qualify the post with which tree would best help the Monarch, or did you not read that? But you and Brandon made the thread a war zone not I. Let's look at the first responses of Brandon and yourself - shall we? "sensationalism/spam" from ol' Brandon "Alarmist media" "Attain your level of wisdom" from you Tom The reality is you two psuedo-intellectuals have no idea whatsoever as to what your talking about in this matter or in your case Tom you may want to get back to the sales dept of Monsanto.

SUCCESS! I now have LOTS of milkweed seed available. Sorry for the delay--I had never paid close attention to how long it took for the pods to ripen! Send me a private message (click on my profile, click 'activity', then click 'message') and I'll give you my mailing address. For a plain SASE, or, 2 'forever' stamps, I will send up to 40 seeds. ==>These are for zones 8 and COLDER, since these plants need a solid winter freeze. You should plant these as soon as they arrive, where you want them to grow. You can also plant these1/4" deep in a large plastic pot full of soil, and then place the pot outdoors, buried so that the top edge of the pot is even with the ground. This is for U.S. shipment only. if you're in Canada, please contact me. Thanks for your patience! Rick in CT