As a reference point, we do not herbicide, fertilize, or pesticide our lawn but do mow. We read a lawn will attract more birds if you just mow and we are pleased with the many birds that visit and stay around our house.
Three summers ago a single milkweed plant sprouted in our lawn and we decided not to mow the one plant since Monarch butterfly populations are declining. We thought our choice "Quixotic" since we never see Monarch butterfly caterpillars on milkweed plants while hiking. The one milkweed plant grew to over 30 plants by root sprouting and seeding over the following two summers (I suppose they do call it milk"weed" for a reason.). And...
We got 7 Monarch butterfly caterpillars on our milkweed plants this year, the third summer. They are all growing quite large.
And so... "Quixotic" does sometimes produce results.
Three summers ago a single milkweed plant sprouted in our lawn and we decided not to mow the one plant since Monarch butterfly populations are declining. We thought our choice "Quixotic" since we never see Monarch butterfly caterpillars on milkweed plants while hiking. The one milkweed plant grew to over 30 plants by root sprouting and seeding over the following two summers (I suppose they do call it milk"weed" for a reason.). And...
We got 7 Monarch butterfly caterpillars on our milkweed plants this year, the third summer. They are all growing quite large.
And so... "Quixotic" does sometimes produce results.