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Gardening

athena

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3. My swamp milkweed is blooming.

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Sun Aug 14, 2016, 01:01 AM

Aug 2016

Almost every time I look out the window at it, there is a Monarch butterfly over it. This morning, there were two, who appeared to be chasing each other around like squirrels.

I planted three more a few days ago. It takes a couple of years for it to get going, but it's a joy to watch once the blooms appear.

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