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    Communities > Forums > Beginner Gardening Questions
    Forum: Beginner Gardening QuestionsReplies: 9, Views: 71
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    Sailstheseas
    Staten Island, NY (Zone 7b)

    November 15, 2012 8:17 AM

    Post #9333807

    Saw one a few minutes ago! Should one still be in 7b area? Maybe they are still migrating? Thanks! :)

    flowAjen

    flowAjen
    central, NJ (Zone 6b)

    November 15, 2012 8:26 AM

    Post #9333815

    What state are you in?

    themoonhowl

    themoonhowl
    Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)

    November 15, 2012 9:20 AM

    Post #9333862

    Here is some migration info for you...route map and migratory dates

    http://monarch-butterfly.info/Maps.html

    http://www.monarchwatch.org/tagmig/peak.html
    Sailstheseas
    Staten Island, NY (Zone 7b)

    November 15, 2012 11:29 AM

    Post #9333968

    Hi flowAjen! I live in Staten Island, NY.

    Hi themoonhowl! Thank you for the link. Ill check the link tonight. Digging worms for n first wormbox!! Yay me!!! :)

    flowAjen

    flowAjen
    central, NJ (Zone 6b)

    November 15, 2012 12:46 PM

    Post #9334032

    Def weird you saw a monarch in SI
    How did you do with the hurricane?
    The wormbox for inside? I thought you needed to use a "special" type of worm for those?
    Sailstheseas
    Staten Island, NY (Zone 7b)

    November 15, 2012 2:51 PM

    Post #9334108

    Howdy flowAjen!
    Wish I had gotten a picture, but the little fella did not stay long. Check out the links that themoonhowl put up. :)
    I was fine. I believed it would be bad because the cold came on quicker than recent years. Also the leaves were changing much earlier too.
    It's Vermicomposting. You can find the ones needed in the yard, which I did. I'm pretty sure! But I am going to put up a couple of pics tomorrow to be sure.
    Earthworms are very light skinned and do well in dirt. The other are Redworms, for their dark burnished red color. They are the ones kept inside. There's info in here somewhere about Vermicomposting. I read about this some time back, but got to it after joining up here! :)

    themoonhowl

    themoonhowl
    Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)

    November 15, 2012 8:29 PM

    Post #9334388

    Hi. Glad you found the links helpful. We are still seeing a few monarchs around here...warmer here so the stragglers hang around a little longer.
    PotEmUp
    Fremont, CA (Zone 9a)

    November 20, 2012 8:21 AM

    Post #9338009

    Some of our Western Monarchs like to stay in Pacific Grove (Next to Monterey, CA). We were there a couple of weeks and they had already taken up residency.

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    flowAjen

    flowAjen
    central, NJ (Zone 6b)

    November 20, 2012 8:24 AM

    Post #9338014

    My son would LOVE to see that

    themoonhowl

    themoonhowl
    Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)

    November 20, 2012 9:14 AM

    Post #9338069

    What a cool pic...

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