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SUMMARY:We Must Plant Some Milkweed This Spring!
DESCRIPTION:Here is what milkweed can do.   Less than a year after converting an old driveway to a meadow\, we had 40 monarchs come visit one day.  You can help create the same magic in your yard this year! \nJoin us at Plantstock V\, a semi-annual event! The Long Island Conservancy is pleased to offer for sale three varieties of milkweed native to Long Island. These locally grown perennials are essential for supporting the local butterfly population. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to help protect our environment by planting milkweed in your garden. \nLong Island’s Three Native Milkweeds\nWe will have Common Milkweed (great if you have an open field)\, Butterfly Milkweed (for dry sunny areas) and Swamp Milkweed (for where of course it gets wet). \n\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Asclepias syriaca. Green flower buds of a common milkweed.\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Monarch caterpillar eating a common milkweed leaf.\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Common name: Common milkweed\, scientific name: Asclepias syriaca\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Monarch butterfly on common milkweed  plant\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) blooming in the garden\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Monarch butterfly on swamp milkweed\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly weed \n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Monarch Feeding On Swamp Milkweed\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				A colorful Monarch Butterfly pollinates rose milkweed plants in a meadow.\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Pink Asclepias incarnata\, the swamp milkweed\, rose milkweed or rose milkflower\n				\n		\n\nThe Milkweeds Are Locally Sourced From Long Island Natives\nThe Long Island Conservancy seeks to restore native habitat throughout Long Island.  We will not be offering ‘cultivars\,’ that is plants produced through selective breeding such as would be sold in garden stores\, but ‘ecotypes\,’ that is plants that are locally sourced and grown from local seeds. \nDo you want to see more native plants in your yard and have a landscaping service?  We will have cards available to give to your landscaping company so that they know to source at Long Island Natives. \nBe A Part of the Solution:  Plant Native Everywhere You Can\nDon’t have a landscaper? Or do you have one that is unfamiliar with native plants? Make sure you get a landscaper who knows their plants and how to care for them.  Do you want to support native plantings as a business?  Be a part of Long Island and plant what belongs here! \nIs your park or public space in need of some TLC?  You can help Long Island look like Long Island should look like by planting what belongs here rather than whatever is being sold otherwise.  Plants from elsewhere — from Asia\, Europe\, South America\, etc — do nothing for local wildlife.   Choose native and build local habitats for our pollinators\, and thus for our birds and the rest of the local food web. \nMilkweed Kills Spotted Lanternflies and Their Nymphs\nAs an extra added bonus\, milkweed it turns out kills Spotted Lanternflies. Our native insects “know” not to feed off of milkweed sap.  Spotted Lanternflies\, according to new research just published by The Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station\, lack the ability to recognize that milkweed is poisonous to most insects. \nThey have also affirmed that milkweed is toxic to the Spotted Lanternfly.  This accords with our field operations.  We are finding piles of dead Spotted Lanternflies around our milkweed plantings.  Please read “The Spotted Lanternflies Are Here\, We Must Prepare!” for more information on this noxious\, destructive pest. \nAs we are reckoning with a infestation of these insects as they make their way east\, it is good to know that we have this weapon in our arsenal. \n \nHamlet Organic Garden Is Where Plantstock Happens\nSo come to Plantstock V\, meet up with fellow plant people\, stock up on our three native milkweeds\, make your yard beautiful\, help the endangered Monarchs\, battle the invasive Spotted Lanternfly\, and enjoy the magic ambiance of Hamlet Organic Garden\, aka The Hog Farm. \nThey are a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm. There will be live music\, fresh made food and beverages for sale. A discussion of milkweed and how to tend it would be part of the programming.   The HOG farm\, in addition\, has a variety of programming throughout the year that supports local musicians and artisans\, native plantings\, and the community of Brookhaven Hamlet in particular.   Check them out! \n[contact-form][contact-field label=”Name” type=”name”  required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Email” type=”email” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Website” type=”url” /][contact-field label=”Message” type=”textarea” /][/contact-form]
URL:https://longislandconservancy-org-501adf09.faststaging.dev/event/plantstock-v-milkweed-planting/
LOCATION:Hamlet Organic Garden\, 319 Beaver Dam Road\, Brookhaven\, NY\, 11719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Gathering,Plantstock
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