Martha Siegel of Bethel weeds an plot of Mexican sunflowers Wednesday that she says will be “show stoppers” and a stopping place for monarch butterflies arriving in August and being tagged. Valentine Farm’s Monarch Festival is on Aug. 13 in Bethel. Rose Lincoln/Bethel Citizen

Martha Siegel, of Bethel, weeds an alley of Mexican sunflowers on July 12 that will be “show stoppers” and also a stopping ground for the monarch butterflies that will come in August and be tagged. Valentine Farm’s Monarch Festival is on Aug. 13 in Bethel. (Rose Lincoln/The Bethel Citizen) Rose Lincoln/Bethel Citizen