The benefits of planting trees
We are fortunate to live in an area so abundantly filled with fields and forests of green. One only needs to look around to...
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...
Claude’s Gardening and Landscaping Forum
Coming next month to the North Grenville Times, readers who have questions related to gardening and landscaping will have the opportunity to get advice...
Natural Succession, part 2
by Philip Fry
Natural succession does not proceed in a straight timeline from a disturbance to a stable climax habitat community, nor does it do...
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...
From Colonial Grid to Patchwork Landscape
by Philip Fry
When colonial settlement was initiated in our region in the late eighteenth century, the forest inhabited by indigenous peoples was seen as...
The Weather with Connor
Featuring Connor Mockett
Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another The Weather with Connor column. This week I’d like to catch up on a chase that...
The Weather with Connor
Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another week of The Weather with Connor. This week, I just wanted to talk about one thing. That big...
Feeding from the clouds: net ombrotrophy as a measure of the health of landscapes
by Fred Schueler, Fragile Inheritance Natural History
With the increased human population and intensification of agriculture, the North Grenville Environmental Advisory Committee is undertaking a...
Claude’s Gardening and Landscaping Forum
featuring Claude Smith
Dear Claude,
My roses lose their leaves after blooming - what am I doing wrong?
From Sandy
The first thing that comes to mind is...