{"id":12590,"date":"2012-04-28T17:15:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T00:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=12590"},"modified":"2012-04-28T17:15:57","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T00:15:57","slug":"weeding-the-milkweeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/04\/28\/weeding-the-milkweeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeding The Milkweeds"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I did some more gardening today. A couple of days ago I discovered a Monarch larva on one of our milkweeds. Figured it was time to clean up the area so it can crawl\u00a0on the ground\u00a0from plant to plant easier. Really glad I did because I ended up finding an additional five more larvae.<\/p>\n

Someday they’ll thank me.<\/p>\n

Last picture is what I saw from our backyard and am so grateful that I wasn’t stuck in. So much better doing yardwork for butterfly larvae.<\/p>\n

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So I did some more gardening today. A couple of days ago I discovered a Monarch larva on one of our milkweeds. Figured it was time to clean up the area so it can crawl\u00a0on the ground\u00a0from plant to plant easier. Really glad I did because I ended up finding an additional five more larvae. … <\/p>\n

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