When they first bought the ranch Dean had the idea they would work the land to help pay for their home. As he likes to tell the story ” then the bugs showed up “. On a balmy July evening while walking in what they now call the ” pollinators paradise ” they realized this old hayfield had a secret. Hundreds of orange and black wings covered the purple flowers and giant leaves of the common milkweed which had taken over years ago. This was the beginning of the spat and their dive in to the world of the Monarch.