Monarch eggs have been collected!!!

It's now 9 pm, and I've been going without a breather since 4 am, but it has been a very exciting day!

Was showing Babs how to look for Monarch eggs on my milkweed, and how to identify Milkweed, when, what to my surprise, we found a Monarch caterpillar!!!!! Mia went out in the gardens, and rounded up a bunch of eggs, which are ready to be adopted!

I will write much, much more on this topic tomorrow, and try to catch up on all that's been going on over here. Very, very, very busy these days!!

What you need to know right now:

If you have a source for Milkweed, you can get a Monarch caterpillar egg this week!!!

Those of you who were on the red Poppy reservation list will get first choice, as we had an unexpected barren seed pod.

What you need to do - Email me and let me know if you want an egg. One per household. I will be posting the complete info on how to raise a caterpillar - I will get the link which is a good resource to be used to decide if you want to undertake this mission. Those of you who adopted Fred and The Very Hungry Caterpillar, I would think would be wanting these also - Actually, I know for a fact that Kerri had Milkweed. I saw it at her house when I visited recently.

For anyone in this area(Wrentham) there is a huge Milkweed field at the Wrentham Dev. Ctr on Winter st. Lots of milkweed, and probably lots of eggs right now waiting to be collected.

A very good reason for collecting the eggs is to keep the predators from eating the caterpillars. There has been shrinkage in Milkweed fields, so we need to preserve as many caterpillars as possible.

I have got to get to bed, long day tomorrow - it'll be Grandkids day! They are going to have a blast looking for more eggs!!