Monday, April 8, 2013

Operation: Monarch Butterfly Waystation

This weekend, my husband worked hard (I supervised!) putting in our Monarch Butterfly waystation. The Loudoun Conservancy recently launched the Monarch Butterfly Campaign and we're excited to be a part of it. We had a rose bush already in place, so we purchased two butterfly milkweed plants and three woodland sunflower plants from Hill House Farm & Nursery at the Rust Nature Sanctuary plant sale, and also a butterfly bush from Abernethy and Spencer Greenhouse in Purcelville where we also got our leaf mulch. These are all native plants to our area and all are grown pesticide-free - hoping this means it will be difficult to kill them, because we're not known for our green thumbs in this house.



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Shopping for plants.
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The layout.
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Breaking ground!
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Discovering worms.
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That awkward moment when your husband swings too hard and takes out part of your fence...
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Ready for phase two: planting.
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The final result.
OK, it doesn't look like much now, but eventually the plants will come in and we'll have something really beautiful! Read more about the Monarch Butterfly Campaign here. I hope you'll consider becoming a part of this endeavor no matter where you are.

1 comment:

  1. How fun! I bet this is going to be so pretty when the butterflies come. :D

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