As I took out the trash barrels last night, I noticed lots of plants sprouting in the garden under the spruce tree at the foot of the driveway. The wild roses are already 8" tall and there are lots of weeds, like lambs quarters, popping up. And there - among the roses and thistles - were two small milkweed plants. This is probably the earliest I've seen milkweed up. The frost of the last few nights didn't seem to affect them. I'm not expecting to spot monarch for 6-7 weeks; if the milkweed will have lots of time to grow and be ready for the the butterflies, their eggs, and larvae.
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