This week the MAG crew discusses how to kill that pesky Creeping Charlie (Spoiler alert…it’s hard!)

Illinois now has a law on the books that promotes the milkweed plant, in order to protect the monarch butterfly.

This week Dianne and the panel are discussing everything from aphids to trimming and fertilizing. 

Monarch Butterflies are declining rapidly as a species—by a staggering 90 percent in the past two decades. Butterfly milkweed, an easy-to-grow perennial characterized by attractive foliage and bright orange flowers; it is also the only plant fledgling Monarch caterpillars feed on. People can provide important habitat for them in home landscaping—just by cultivating some milkweed for the caterpillars to feed on.