http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/ Butterflies, caterpillars, and gardening Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:21:52 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19547 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19547 Hello! It's that time again. Time for the moderator's reminder of, what I like to call "group norms". These are unwritten 'rules' agreed upon by most of our Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:31:19 GMT Elaine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19546 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19546 Hi, In what zone do you live?  I live in zone 10 1/2 which is SW Florida....Elaine ________________________________ From: "nogreenthum@..." Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:55:36 GMT nogreenthum@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19545 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19545 Hi, I'm Kate I have a small garden and I would like learn what plants I can plant that would attract butterflies and bees. Thanks, Kate [Non-text portions of Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:06:58 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19544 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19544 Hello! It's that time again. Time for the moderator's reminder of, what I like to call "group norms". These are unwritten 'rules' agreed upon by most of our Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:13:27 GMT Elaine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19543 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19543 Hi, I leave my stalks in water about a month after I cut them back ...I cut them  back when they get tall.... ....they develop a good root system  then I Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:12:10 GMT Carolyn Walsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19542 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19542 Hello All, I haven't contributed in a while, but just want everyone to know that I do the same thing.  It works really well!  When I cut a stalk of milkweek, Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:02:17 GMT Charles E Bernard Jr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19541 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19541 Judi,   Thank you for posting this message.  I didn't know until now that I could save the milkweed stalks by putting them in water.  Every winter all I am Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:11:28 GMT judi addelston http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19540 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19540 So, since the cats ate ALL the milkweed and i am left with stalks, i read on this forum that you can cut the stalk and put it in water and it will grow and Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:35:53 GMT maloron@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19539 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19539 In a message dated 12/30/2009 11:03:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, jaddelston@... writes: I had over 100 monarch cats all of a sudden WOW!! That's a Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:02:32 GMT judi addelston http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19538 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19538 I had over 100 monarch cats all of a sudden, and now I have no plants, just stalks, and tons of chrysali.  Most are hatching (is that the right word??) just Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:07:37 GMT Butterfly Sue http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19537 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19537 Hi Susan, I would just let nature takes its course at this time.  We had 33 degrees here one hour north of Disney.  I have some Gulf Frit cats and just Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:27:29 GMT sverenbec http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19536 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19536 Hello everyone, my name is Susan and I live in Valdosta, Georgia. I joined today because as I was cleaning out and clipping down my bf garden for the winter, I Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:05:46 GMT Kenneth Quinn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19535 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19535 OK, I did a Google image search and found about a 50/50 mixture - some showing pure green cats, some showing black-spotted green cats. Go figure. Kenneth ... Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:12:17 GMT GKopka1@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19534 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19534 All, I entered "Cabbage White caterpillar" on Google. Up came pictures of a caterpillar with black spots down its body. Only one picture was what I think Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:08:28 GMT maloron@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19533 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardenwithbutterflies/message/19533 In a message dated 12/1/2009 1:11:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jaddelston@... writes: I've never seen a chrysalis on the milkweed in the garden, but