I will start with a picture I took through the screened window because it is cold and windy. This is the view out my dining room window. I just put up the bird feeder yesterday, but the birds have not found it yet. I think I have all the garden put to bed. The garlic is planted and has come up about two inches. It is now covered with straw. The asparagus is cut and also covered.
When I was in the garden at the end of the growing season I came upon these seeds. They are like gold to me. I saved and dried three of these pods, which I will share with our local park district. They have a program to plant milkweed to give food for the Monarch butterflies. They are having a difficult time surviving from lack of these plants. (I will save a few seeds for myself to plant.)
Gerry just shook his head when he saw what I was doing and how excited I was about finding them. To him they are just another weed. You can be sure that when we have some visiting Monarch butterflies next year I will point them out to him.
