Dias y Flores Community Garden

09/17/2025

Milkw**d doesn’t just raise monarch caterpillars—it kills invasive lanternflies.

Monarchs can eat milkw**d safely, storing its chemicals like living armor that makes them unappealing to predators. Lanternflies? Studies show 60–80% die within 24 hours of contact with common milkw**d (SARE Project LNE25-494R).

That matters when lanternflies are costing the U.S. hundreds of millions in crop damage every year.

One plant, two missions: feeding monarchs and fighting pests. Sometimes, the best pest control is already blooming in your garden. 🌿🦋💀

08/17/2025

This is appearing all over the garden these days!!

Never step on this w**d; it's considered a 'gold mine' in the garden ...𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲💬

04/16/2025

1 dragonfly can eat 100s of mosquitoes a day: Keep these 12 plants in your yard to attract dragonflies.
Full article 👇 💬

03/12/2025

Hummingbird fans rejoice! The ruby-throated hummingbirds are on their way back to the eastern US after spending the winter in Mexico and South America.

03/07/2025

Save bees with these! 🐝🙏

05/17/2024

In 1960, David Latimer planted a spiderwort sprout inside of a large glass bottle, added a quarter pint of water, and then sealed it shut. He opened the bottle 12 years later in 1972 to add some water and then sealed it for good. The self contained ecosystem has flourished for more than 60 years. For those who are wondering how this is even possible: the garden is a perfectly balanced and self-sufficient ecosystem. The bacteria in the compost eats the dead plants and breaks down the oxygen that is released by the plants, turning it into carbon dioxide, which is needed for photosynthesis. The bottle is essentially a microcosm of earth.

09/14/2023

08/22/2023

Getting closer to finishing! A 2 day push last weekend really added to our paved area. Stay tuned this weekend, weather permitting. We are making great progress.