Well, no. Not THAT eagle. Unless I had a huge pond with yummy fish, I don’t suspect I could find a way to feed a bird eagle and this is a garden diary after all. Gardens feed people and other critters.
But this is the eagle that has landed — on June 13.
If you plant it, they will come. My milkweed, with the past week’s heat, is growing up fast. And I do have other “filler” plants for butterflies and hummers and bees, meaning other flowering plants. The one that this little lady landed on is a lollipop verbena. The tag read: attracts butterflies. Wow. It was right!
And since I watched her fluttering about sipping at the verbena and then landing on the milkweed nearby, it was inevitable but to find this:
Reading up on Monarch Watch and Journey North it seems this years migration northward is earlier than usual.
If you plant it, they will come.
Are you planting a monarch garden?
Happy Saturday and Happy Gardens and Happy Butterflies!
ps- Hopefully I’ll be around when this publishes! BIG sale at my local garden center (50% off). I’m heading over there early (they open at 4 am) but also want to go over to the farmer’s market that opens a bit later.