Hi! Thanks for checking out our blog. We are a husband and wife duo with two very independent cats - Bounder and Bobcat. We currently live in Carlsbad New Mexico and work with the National Park Service at Carlsbad Caverns. We are interested in so many things: nature, hiking, craft, thrift, cooking great food, growing food and plants, living simply, etc. Our blog will have little bits of all these things so check back often.
Spider Antelope Horns, Asclepias asperula, Guadalupe National Park, TX
Wavyleaf Climbing Milkweed, Sarcostemma crispum, Sitting Bull Springs, New Mexico
Butterfly Weed, Asclepias tuberosa, Guadalupe National Park, TX
Horsetail Milkweed, Asclepias subverticillata, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM
Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, Swamp Angel Nature Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Noble County, IN
Poke Milkweed, Asclepias exaltata, Douglas Woods Nature Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, DeKalb County, IN
Common Milkweed
Why The Common Milkweed? Well many reasons: 1 - It's important! Milkweed is the only larval food for the Monarch Butterfly and Milkweed Tussock Moth and food for many other arthropods. 2 - It's common, yet possesses singular beauty and therefore represents all the beauty in and around us (right under our noses and on "this side of the fence") and the potential for that common beauty to be recognized, expressed and celebrated. 3 - It defies attempts at eradication (where it is considered a nuisance) and, in so doing, proves that the beauty contained in the common endures.
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Hope Jen had a super fabulous birthday!!
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