Monarch Caterpillars

 My neighbor two houses down has lovely flower beds.  And monarch caterpillars.  

I'm so jealous.

You can see one in the picture, on her milkweed plant.  The fluffy things at the top are seed pods.

This morning, before I knew about the neighboring caterpillars, I put some milkweed seeds from Kristen in damp paper towels in the refrigerator.  The hope is that they will sprout, I'll put them in loose soil, and set them out in late fall for spring plants.

With the milkweed plant already in my garden, maybe next year there will be monarch caterpillars in my own garden.