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The sap can be used as a drink or boiled down to make maple syrup.

Asters and goldenrods are tremendously important wildlife plants.

Fall garden tasks – relax, most plants will come through the winter without any special treatment.

Modern-day urban myth dictates that if you bury a plastic statue of Saint Joseph upside down in your yard, your home will sell very quickly.

Drying flowers and herbs – Herbs can be crushed and stored, flowers can be left hanging as decoration or used to make dried arrangements.

We need to learn more about honeybees and other pollinators so we can contribute intelligently to the conversation about their health and well-being.

Honeysuckle is very adaptable to adverse growing conditions and provides great fall colour.

The common elder is very adaptable, survives with minimal care but tends to sucker. Good naturalization or roadside plant. Deer resistant.

The general rule is there is no rule, remember they are all perennials and will grow back again next year.

The migration of ruby-throated hummingbirds to and from the tropics puzzled early birdwatchers.

“It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter”
– Alfred Eisenstaedt

Red raspberry attracts birds, butterflies, bees and other showy insects. Fruit is often used in pies or preserves or simply eaten raw.