Gardens are still looking good but gale force winds are expected and that will cause most of the flowers to die for this season. Looking forward to being able to plant then again next spring.
There were not as many butterflies in the gardens this year with only 35 species which is down from last year's 45 species. We had another push of Monarchs in the past week. Tagging in the yard was done again by the Cape May Bird Observatory in relation to their Monarch Monitoring Project.
I can't help remembering how wonderful the monarch roosts in the yard over Halloween weekend 2017. I wonder if we'll ever see that again in the yard? The late butterflies and hummingbirds love the mexican sage. It wintered over last year which it shouldn't normally do, so I wonder if that will happen again this coming winter. Time will tell. jenny and I do love the gardens.
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