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Broken dreams? It doesn’t have to be. How adventurous are you? Is planting the municipal-owned strip worth doing or even attempting? Will you incur the wrath of neighbours or bylaw enforcers, if you stray from the norm? Neglected Niches to Beloved Boulevards Planting on your own property is a given. But planting on municipal property, [...]
In celebration of National Pollinator Week, I was preparing to write this blog posting about some of my favorite native plants for pollinators. You know, things like New Jersey tea or goldendrod. There are a many critical sources of pollen and nectar for our native bees and other pollinators, but I thought it would be [...]
Are native plants important to the plant-pollinator communities? Sometimes I hear somebody say: “When it comes to pollinators, all flowers are the same; after all, nectars are all alike” or “my English ivy must be good for pollinators because it is teeming with insect visitors”. Such comments show a lack of information and understanding, as [...]
Goldenrods are magnets for a wide variety of animal life. I am talking about the six-legged and eight-legged fauna, insects and spiders. I enjoy leading walks in the fall to observe all the bounty of tiny wildlife buzzing, zipping along, and crawling and hiding in the goldenrod patch. I call this program “The goldenrod zoo”. [...]
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