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Fall Vegetable Crops
Nighttime temperatures this week crept down to 6 or 7 degrees; a bit unusual for the first week of September. Last year, we did not get...
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Boxwood Tree Moth
The future for Boxwood looks grim. Boxwood, abroadleaf evergreen, has long been a staple for landscaping. It is appreciated for its...
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Natural Insecticides
When Potato Beetles eat the leaves of your home-grown potato plants, your yield at harvest time can be reduced substantially. If Bean...
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Wind, Wind
Among the many trees that went down on Thursday, July 20, was a huge White Pine on the property of Dunlop Central United Church. Several...
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Winners & Losers
Our backyard is at its finest. The summer flowering perennials have begun to display their brightness. The annual flowers, both in pots...
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Fun Facts about Hydrangeas
My son and daughter in law have a Bernedoodle. I know nothing about dogs, but I have learned that Bernedoodles have no purpose in life...
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Maple Leaf
Not a coat of arms. Not a collection of stars and stripes. Not a moon or star. A simple Maple leaf. One colour with a white...
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Fall is for Planting
Prof Vandersteen taught me a thing or two at Michigan State University. The best time to transplant a Pine is August 27. The best time...
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Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day
Enough rain already. Summer of 2023 is going on record as the rainiest ever. For the most part, the above average rainfall boded well...
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How to keep Mums
Garden Mums are heroes of the fall garden. Easy to care for and inexpensive, mums will give a splash of colour that will last until we...
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Address Number
Where do you live? Whether you live at 123 Main Street or the third house past the corn crib on the 9th concession, your municipal...
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Goldenrod vs. Ragweed
My friend Mandi became frustrated with the situation at her daughter’s school. A few years ago, the school decided to carve out a corner...
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Improving Biodiversity
Monday’s City of Sarnia Council meeting was the usual fare of what is normally covered at a City Council meeting: approval of the agenda,...
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Naturalization
Canadians love progress. Because progress makes for a stronger economy. And rarely do we question the need for larger airports, new...
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