Interbreeding with Aliens
by Fred Schueler & Aleta Karstad, Fragile Inheritance Natural History
On the radio and internet, you often encounter pitches for stories or movies of unknown...
Soil, Landscape, and Reconciliation
submitted by Philip Fry
Not long after “CO2 Down to Earth 2” appeared in the NGT, I dropped in to see friends who live just...
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...
CO2 Down to Earth 2: pits, mounds and wildflowers
submitted by Philip Fry
Fred Schueler has sent me a most interesting email about practical and local nature-based responses to the environmental crisis.
One project Fred...
Council declares Waste Reduction Week
Council has declared Waste Reduction Week in the Municipality of North Grenville, which runs October 18 – 24, 2021.
Celebrating 20 years of success, Waste...
CO2 Down to Earth
by Philip Fry
A recent survey of Canadians concerning climate change and species loss found that 67% of its respondents were somewhat pessimistic about our...
Buckthorns
by Fred Schueler, Fragile Inheritance Natural History
On 27 September, Kate Queen wrote to the NG Times: “I would love to hear Fred Schueler's thoughts...
Gardening through the Seasons
Summer's last Hurrah!
by The Cheerful Gardener
Unlike other seasons, we give Summer’s last moments a last ‘Hurrah' and a wave goodbye to an old friend....
Milkweed is not a garden plant
by W.J. Langenberg,
ret. Env. Biol.; Hort. Ext. OMAFRA, Kemptville College
Milkweed, also called Side Plant, because of its sideways later growth, has a latex milky...
Does mowing down the Golden Parsnips sustain them?
by Fred Schueler & Aleta Karstad
Anyone driving Hwy 416 in early July would have wondered why its tourist name isn’t "The Golden Parsnip Highway,"...