Cloverleaf meet milkweed.
I mean, concrete cloverleaf meet organic seeds.
Yesterday, I put on my Johnny Appleseed persona and scattered last year’s milkweed seeds at freeway off ramps and grassy verges.
Freeway interchanges offer some of the only untended and unpaved ground around me in the suburbs. My milkweed seed is a native species, so let’s see if it takes root.
The lawyer part of me wondered if scattering seeds is “littering” under California law.
The Monarchs certainly need the milkweed. It’s the only plant on which they lay their eggs. And Monarch populations are down some 90% over last year in California.
So, I’ll go on scattering seeds abroad, and sprouting milkweed for neighbors.
Image courtesy of wikimedia commons and Peter Dreyer.