I’ve been reading Barbara Kingsolver’s “Flight Behavior” and enjoyed it right from the start with her economical yet meaning-dense phrasing that imparts so much depth into the characters that I could just about sketch them. Imagine my delight when not far along the Monarch butterfly emerged as a central theme! I won’t spoil it for anyone and even though I’m only about a third of the way through I highly recommend it. I’ve been continuing to distribute seed packets at both our local Wild Birds Unlimited store but also at the New England Botanic Garden… Read Article →
Posts Tagged: milkweed
I’ve been busily scattering seeds via my “seed bomb” delivery system. tossing these little compost-and-seed lumps into vacant lots, power line cuts, wild road medians and the like. But with the prolific crop I had this year I’ve got way too many seeds to deliver by this method with each bomb only having half a dozen or so seeds glued to them. So I’ve been making up little seed packets in some little zip seal plastic bags – a couple of dozen seeds with a printed insert with some guidance on how and where to… Read Article →
Last year I harvested and distributed about eight ounces of milkweed seeds. My goal for this year was one pound of seeds and the patch really delivered, yielding 17.45 ounces of seeds! This is a LARGE mixing bowl so the size is a bit deceiving. Volume-wise these seeds would nearly fill a gallon jug. This isn’t the full total as I have already distributed some seeds via compost bombs and there are still a few pods out there (I’ll let the wind distribute those) but this is the great bulk of the harvest. Couldn’t be… Read Article →