Blogs

Next time you stumble across a spider try not to scream or reach for a shoe.

On a Bruce Trail hike I came across a small mound of freshly deposited fox scat.

Silky Dogwood does well on swampy land and branches may bend down and root in wet soil.

Black raspberries have slender prickly branches that are more prominent thorny than red raspberries.

French artist Hubert Duprat capitalized on this in the 1980s by supplying caddisflies with flecks of gold and tiny precious stones.

Who me? With a little planning you can design a garden that deer and rabbits may pass over.

Five ways butterflies survive the winter.

For the best selection buy early and harden off your annuals at home.

Serviceberries produce fragrant white-cream flowers in April/May which attracts bees and butterflies. They’ll bloom more in full sun.

Muskrats are largely herbivorous – chomping cattail roots and shoots is a favourite pastime.

The fragrant sumac has tiny yellow female flowers along branches and flower mid to late March-April. Flowers appear before foliage emerges.

Shredded bark or wood chip mulches will last longer, but usually have to be topped up every 3 years.