{"id":4712,"date":"2016-11-03T17:12:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T00:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=4712"},"modified":"2016-11-03T17:12:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T00:12:31","slug":"monarch-caterpillars-and-milkweed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=4712","title":{"rendered":"Monarch Caterpillars and Milkweed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago I checked out my friends\u2019s garden and was pleasantly surprised to see Monarch caterpillars living on his milkweed plants.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MonarchCaterpillar.jpeg\" alt=\"Monarch Caterpillar\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nwf.org\/2015\/02\/twelve-native-milkweeds-for-monarchs\/\" >National Wildlife Federation<\/a> there are 12 native milkweeds for Monarchs. None of which are the Asclepias growing in my friend\u2019s garden.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MonarchCaterpillar3.jpeg\" alt=\"Monarch Caterpillar\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I snagged a couple of pods.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MilkweedPods_IMG_4078.jpg\" alt=\"Milkweed Pods\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I planted 25 seeds in 5 pots. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MilkWeedPlanted_IMG_4084.jpg\" alt=\"Milkweed Seeds Planted\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Put them in the studio. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MilkweedPlantedPots_IMG_4093.jpg\" alt=\"Milkweed Seeds Planted\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now I wait.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monarchbutterfly.org\/\" >Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago I checked out my friends\u2019s garden and was pleasantly surprised to see Monarch caterpillars living on his milkweed plants. According to the National Wildlife Federation there are 12 native milkweeds for Monarchs. None of which are the Asclepias growing in my friend\u2019s garden. I snagged a couple of pods. I planted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=4712\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monarch Caterpillars and Milkweed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,9,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardens","category-nature","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4712"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4714,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4712\/revisions\/4714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}