tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post3322889805571494129..comments2024-03-24T10:06:36.115-03:00Comments on Bloomingwriter: Gardening in Nova Scotia: Glad gardens of hopeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-11323793817015011032007-08-13T22:19:00.000-03:002007-08-13T22:19:00.000-03:00Layanee, hope you see a chrysalis soon. You need t...Layanee, hope you see a chrysalis soon. You need to have milkweed in your garden (any species) and then the cats move to other plants to pupate. It's quite marvelous.<BR/>Cindy, I'm glad to see you posting again and happy that Ben loved the photos of the caterpillars. I think we all hope to stay butterflies, though some days our wings feel tattered...<BR/>Kylee thanks to you I've gotten our placeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-67917610813638968262007-08-10T18:46:00.000-03:002007-08-10T18:46:00.000-03:00Wonderful story! I"ll bet my mom read it last year...Wonderful story! I"ll bet my mom read it last year, I will have to ask her. <BR/>Keep us posted on those monarch caterpillars! I saw one on my red milkweed plant the other day, but it is mysteriously gone now. I suspect a passing turkey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-91226874939337526302007-08-10T14:32:00.000-03:002007-08-10T14:32:00.000-03:00Wow -- that is so cool! I've never really seen pi...Wow -- that is so cool! I've never really seen pictures of monarch caterpillars before from a home gardener. I am hoping that some day I get around to planting some of their favorites so they hang around in my yard. A small sacrifice, but totally worth it! Looking forward to pictures of a chrysalis!Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10071261767244278953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-67839612529949298682007-08-09T11:35:00.000-03:002007-08-09T11:35:00.000-03:00I love the pictures of your kitties! I'm glad to k...I love the pictures of your kitties! I'm glad to know mine isn't the only one to hop in every open suitcase.<BR/><BR/>The glad garden is really inspiring. What great a love he must have had for his wife.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-41047061072732035442007-08-09T03:13:00.000-03:002007-08-09T03:13:00.000-03:00WOW!!! While I've seen many Monarchs flitting abo...WOW!!! While I've seen many Monarchs flitting about in the garden, I have yet to find a caterpillar! I don't know what time last year it was when I saw them, I'll have to check.<BR/><BR/>That's just great, Jodi. You've become the Mexico of the north for those Monarchs, I do believe!Kylee Baumlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-74116231354327086472007-08-07T23:18:00.000-03:002007-08-07T23:18:00.000-03:00It was said that we all come into this world as bu...It was said that we all come into this world as butterflies, and many of us leave in cocoons--my goal is to stay that butterfly. Reading your lovely post on Marg's garden helps me achieve that goal--and such a lovely link to the caterpillar and butterfly image. Bravo. No wonder you're a successful writer! Thank you for this.<BR/><BR/>BTW, Ben loved the photos of the caterpillars--<BR/><BR/>Cynthia Bostwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718703001360713965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-82894749207160531462007-08-07T22:42:00.000-03:002007-08-07T22:42:00.000-03:00Glads and caterpillars! Nice story on both. I lo...Glads and caterpillars! Nice story on both. I loved seeing fields of glads when I was young. I did plant a few for cutting but no flowers yet. I will think of Marg's field of flowers now when I see glads. A nice memory and worthy cause. I don't know anyone who has not been touched by cancer. I have yet to see a chrysalis. I guess I am not looking in the right places!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-87281398312045506972007-08-07T21:45:00.000-03:002007-08-07T21:45:00.000-03:00Hi all and welcome to bloomingwriter....Annie, I w...Hi all and welcome to bloomingwriter....<BR/><BR/>Annie, I was just reading more about monarchs, and they probably drop in your way on their migration south to Mexico. I hope they do stop...they're really a joy to watch. <BR/>I did squish one naughty tussock moth cat this afternoon while the visitors were here, but didn't have my snippers with me. ;-)<BR/><BR/>Gina, Yes, Murray is a marvelous manAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-52846265377236198272007-08-07T19:17:00.000-03:002007-08-07T19:17:00.000-03:00I have never seen so many monarch cats on one plan...I have never seen so many monarch cats on one plant before in my life!!! Will my plants attract that many eventually instead of the one or two they do now, or do you just have the touch?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-68533517630404067922007-08-07T10:58:00.000-03:002007-08-07T10:58:00.000-03:00Watching butterflies for an hour is of far more im...Watching butterflies for an hour is of far more importance than weeding. ;-)<BR/><BR/>What a lovely story about Margs Glad Garden, very inspirational! It is such a wonderful and positive way to pay tribute to someone's life!<BR/><BR/>Great post Jodi!Yolanda Elizabet Heuzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506031220151023088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-89233498031890320672007-08-06T23:15:00.000-03:002007-08-06T23:15:00.000-03:00What a great story! That is such a great idea abou...What a great story! That is such a great idea about the Glad Garden. What a wonderful way to honor a gardener.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04119471756261855850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-47320693352060851392007-08-06T22:57:00.000-03:002007-08-06T22:57:00.000-03:00What a sweet story about Murray Salsman - and what...What a sweet story about Murray Salsman - and what a cool way for his wife to be remembered. <BR/><BR/>We used to get Monarch cats and chrysales in IL and they usually are here at some point - many times in late summer-early fall. <BR/>I've got the tropical milkweed ready for them if they arrive. <BR/><BR/>Have fun with the garden group - maybe you could walk around with scissors in hand to Annie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.com