Malta Dirt Daubers Garden Club for July 27, 2016

SAVING THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY

What is all the hullaballoo about Monarch butterflies? Why should we care if their numbers are declining? To put it bluntly, if the small creatures of the world are in trouble, humankind can't be far behind.

After decades of dousing everything (soil, plants, insect, small and large animals) with poison, the effects are becoming more evident. On top of spraying everything, we are tearing down trees and covering arable farmland with pavement, houses and nonproductive lawns. We simply cannot continue like this if we want to survive as a species.

Roundup Ready soybeans...