Back home on the farm we sometimes take milkweed seed harvesting trips depending if the plants are going to seed or not when the county comes out to finally mow off everything alongside the road to try to prevent deer collisions. Then we plant the seeds back at the farm along the property line and along all of our ditches. Extra seeds get tossed to the wind at the back of the property where it’s nice and sandy and sunny and we never mow. We started this about 5 years ago I think when Grandma had made a comment about not seeing any monarchs one summer and how when she was a kid they were everywhere in northern lower Michigan. Now we get to see at least a few dozen every year and Grandma is very happy.