PR statements always make me think of the sample sentence “I never said you did that,” which can have different implications depending on which word is emphasized.

Lol same, my watch has congratulated me many times for reaching an hourly or daily step goal while I’m driving.

I have an Omron step counter, which is pretty accurate. Later on I got a smart watch (Pixel watch 3) which always counts far more steps than the Omron, like as much as 20% more. I assume it’s because it’s on my wrist, which moves a lot more than my hip, where the Omron is. And if it factors steps into calculating calories burned, it absolutely is going to be wrong.

We have the same issue with California. It’s a huge state with a wide variance in climate, plants, soil types, etc but we tend to be treated as one region.

This is the reason I mentioned livemonarch.com. They have a US regional map and have an option to have them send you the type that’s native to your area. I admit their bags are pretty messy though. monarchjointventure.org also has a local vendor map…

If you’re in California, californianativeseedstore.com is run by native Americans.

Planting milkweed for monarchs and then picking off the caterpillars? Isn’t the way butterflies grow something we all learned in 2nd grade?