Milkweed
Milkweed has sprung up in the two gardens around my front porch and in the adjacent garden (close to the house). Came in a couple/few years ago. By last summer is had completely taken over those three gardens and made it look ugly. I have been wanting to redesign the two gardens around my front porch making them a pretty landscape. I set out late in the season last summer hitting the leaves with chemicals to kill them (after soul searching about the monarchs). They of course are still around come this spring since I didn't get them all and the root system was probably very extensive last fall.
I began again this spring to hit them with the chemical, which will be an ongoing process for a while I am sure.
But I am still wrestling with the monarch issue. And I got a text from a dear friend who was really not trying to guilt me but did in fact hit home. "But what about the monarch, that's where they lay there eggs and the only thing they eat"
Please help steer me to the right thing to do.
Terri
Oakland County Michigan