Test PB Collection: FTE

The title actually was a question that came on the Master Gardener hotline some time ago.  It appears that the person calling had bought a Jacaranda “shrub” and was concerned because it kept trying to put out a large “stem” which required constant cutting back; also, it was never blooming as promised by…

This past week I have seen up to four monarch caterpillars and yesterday, there were none. At the beginning of the week, I was doing my daily count and there was a good-sized lizard attempting to eat one of the larger caterpillars. Lizards are known predators. I came to the rescue on that day and scared them…