[Diana in Wisconsin]

That is awesome! Anything we can do to promote Butterflies and Bees is 100% with me. :)

I have seen LESS Butterflies this season - though we are swimming in Milkweed - we always leave that alone, no matter where it is growing.

However - I have seen MORE Honey Bees than in many years prior. Lots of Clover due to all of our rain - and I’m not sure how much moisture bees need as a species, but something is working out right this year for sure. :)

[Qiviut]

I have seen a lot of Zebra Swallowtails here - I rarely saw them at our old house. We have a butterfly bush & they’ve been on that & I have also seen them on my zinnias.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

I grew some Pink milkweed and the Monarchs are hanging around; I have seen both Yellow and Black swallowtails that have been landing on my Dill. (I need to harvest before the caterpillars do I suppose!)

I have been putting in a patio in the back yard. I keep digging up Locust tree roots that have migrated all the way from the front of the house and removing turf that has grown into a clay/gravel surface. The turf does not come up easily. Pain in the butt.

I have several volunteer pumpkin vines that grew out of a "Cinderella" pumpkin that I left in the garden and its actually producing several pumpkins. I get better results from an unintentional planting than some of my planned squash plantings. If they mature I might be able to actually use them for food since I can be sure they were not sprayed. Will they be true to variety? we will See. Fighting the squash nymphs. I seen the moth responsible for squash borers flying around my garden so have to monitor for that. (Good night!)