Cool about the Monarchs for you! I used to find them tucked here and there under tables in the Nursery Yard at work. We watched a number of them emerge over the years. :)
I got the greenhouse cleaned out somewhat - to the point where I know what’s in there now, though I need to do some condensing and organizing and de-cluttering, still. There are plenty of nice enough days ahead for that. I checked my calendar/garden journal and I have until September 13th to get salad greens planted in there, so I still have time.
Got more of the Landry Room/Pantry sorted. I need to get two small walls painted and I have some additional storage ideas for things I need, but don’t need often. Big baskets on upper shelves should do the trick. It used to be all ‘decor’ up there and quite the waste of space. I want things functional, pretty and HIDDEN. No one needs to see my laundry soap and OxyClean, LOL!
Mowing can still wait a few days. The grass is not leaping out of the ground as it has all summer, now that the rains have stopped.
I started some weeding on the first row, but got bored with it. :)
I’m happy with my progress for the day. :)
My big accomplishment for the day. Researching about monarchs and temperatures. They don’t like it below 55. Tonight it will be in the mid 40’s.
So once the new habitat arrived (almost twice as big as the other one), I got it set up inside our basement and spent quite a bit of time making sure I could bring in the current habitat (to fit inside it), plus bring in any other caterpillars still hanging out on the milkweed plants. I transferred 25 more, with lots of milkweed to munch on. Took me almost an hour. I *think* I found every caterpillar out there, but I know I may have missed some little guy.
Even if only a few of these survive, I think they have a better chance indoors for the next few evenings than they will outside. We’ll see.