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Creating a Butterfly-Friendly Garden

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Black Swallowtail

Creating a Butterfly-Friendly Garden is a wonderful way to attract these beautiful pollinators and support their life cycles. Creating a Butterfly-Friendly Garden: Butterflies are not only charming to watch but also play a crucial role in pollinating plants. Designing a garden that caters to their needs can help enhance biodiversity and contribute to the overall … Read more

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Drumming Katydid

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Drumming Katydid

So I was sitting on my Muskoka chair on my deck in the backyard, and this little guy flew down from the trees and landed on my leg. He visited for a good 5 minutes, allowing me to get a really good look. Nature is so grand. Drumming katydids, also known as drumming grasshoppers or … Read more

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Dead Wood

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Beetles and carpenter ants burrow into dead wood, then birds eat the insects. This leaves perfect chambers for cavity-nesting solitary bees to lay their eggs. To create a habitat for native bees, leave or place stumps, logs, and branches in your yard.

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Whats Happening down by Cootes Drive?

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Cootes Drive

If you have been down Cootes Drive this year you will probably have noticed a stark difference in the Flora in the marsh. Many, many trees are down or gone. The land’s appearance is rather bleak due to the presence of lifeless trees in the area. Here’s what I found out regarding this matter: I … Read more

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Are Wine Corks Good for the Garden?

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Whenever we have friends over for a nice dinner on the deck, someone will always comment about seeing corks in my gardens. Then some joke follows as to how many thousand corks are buried there! As a Wine Blogger, I accept this as a fair question. The Surprising Benefits of Using Wine Corks for Plant … Read more

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