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The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l

230-Monarch Rx: The Prescription for Healthier Butterflies

The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l

Joe Lamp'l

Home & Garden, Hobbies, Leisure

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

As much as we love watching monarch butterflies fluttering in our gardens and landing on flowers to sip nectar, there is much about monarchs that remains a mystery to both gardeners and scientists. My guest this week, Nancy Lawson, is part of a new citizen science project named Monarch Rx, and she's here to explain an unexpected way that gardeners can support monarch populations.

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover

0:08.7

everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required.

0:13.1

And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner,

0:18.5

Joe Lample.

0:19.5

Hi everybody, it's Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner

0:23.7

Show.

0:24.7

This episode definitely qualifies for a geek alert, so if that's your thing, this

0:29.8

one should not disappoint.

0:31.4

And I know it won't for Joe Hannah Garrison, because she is a listener of this podcast.

0:36.2

She's an active member in the online gardening academy, and she was the one that recommended

0:41.1

that we do a podcast episode on the topic that we're talking about today with the guest

0:46.8

that we're having that conversation with.

0:49.1

So Joe Hannah, thank you so much for thinking about us and making this great recommendation.

0:54.4

A few episodes back.

0:55.4

I did a podcast with Nancy Lawson around her book, The Humane Gardner.

0:59.4

Lots of great takeaways from that conversation.

1:02.2

It was very clear that she is a devoted gardener and lover of nature, like many of us.

1:07.7

With Nancy's profession, though, and passion for her work, she had a lot to offer, and

1:11.6

it was quickly apparent that we'd need more time to learn about some of those other

1:15.8

interesting things that she's involved with.

1:18.1

So she's back today, and this time we're talking about a recent chance discovery that she

1:22.8

had regarding monarch butterfly activity that is now believed to have a direct connection

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