Obvious Snails

by Fred Schueler, Fragile Inheritance Natural History When a species has “obvia” as its specific epithet, and it’s so conspicuous that you can survey its...

The Weather with Connor

featuring Connor Mockett Hello, everyone! Welcome to the second installment of The Weather with Connor. We’ve got a few things to recap in this weeks...

Burn Henry Ford in Effigy Night

submitted by Fred Schueler, Fragile Inheritance Natural History Calendar-bound traditions usually have a macabre holiday on a fixed date in the fall, often enlivened with...

Green & Growing?

submitted by Fred Schueler After it was formed by provincial amalgamation of three municipalities, North Grenville burdened itself with the paradoxical motto “Green & Growing,”...

Pocket Gardens and Trout Lilies

by Philip Fry  It is difficult for most of us to know what to do about the loss of biodiversity taking place right under our...

Energy:The Transition to Electricity

by Philip Fry The Provincial Government has stitched many of the threads that bind the three layers of our landscape quilt together. Complementing our access...

Greening Green Energy

by Philip Fry After weeks of little response, I have been overwhelmed with informative and encouraging messages, some brief and focused, others full of exciting...

The restorative potential of the Ferguson Forestry Centre

by Philip Fry A reader recently wrote to me about her property, asking for suggestions about what might be done to clean, restore, and plant...

The Triumph of the Bromes

submitted by Fred Schueler, Fragile Inheritance Natural History Brandon Mayer’s recent article “Weed Spraying Facts” provides facts about the excuses that are used for roadside...

The Weather with Connor

Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another week of The Weather with Connor. This week I’d like to talk about something that I saw back...