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10 Neat Things Animals Insects

10 Neat Things About How Insects Survive Winter

November 12, 2023 Shauna Dobbie 7142 Views 10 Neat Things, how insects survive winter, insects in winter

Best Christmas Gift for Gardeners 1. Die or pause? No, diapause. To survive the brutality of freezing winters, many insects

Gardening for Beginners Trees & Shrubs

How Do Plants Breathe?

November 10, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 3221 Views breathe, Plants

Understanding how plants breathe and preventing winter burn Plants breathe through their leaves. It is estimated that the total water

Garden Design Ideas How-to

Tips for Adding Colour to Winter Gardens

November 8, 2023 Shauna Dobbie 1328 Views berry, colorado blue spruce, winter garden

If you long for colour outdoors in the winter garden, don’t despair. Study your garden over the next few months

Feathered Friends: Mourning Dove

November 7, 2023 Sherrie Versluis 1100 Views Backyard birds, Bird behavior, Bird feeding, Birdwatching, Dove nesting, Dove symbolism, Mourning dove, North American birds, Wild birds, winter wildlife

Doves have long been revered as a symbol of peace, but the history of how the dove became so

10 Neat Things about winter berries

10 Neat Things Plants Seeds

10 Neat Things About Winter Berries

November 6, 2023 Shauna Dobbie 7784 Views Bearberries, Beautyberry, Buffaloberry, Holly, Juniper, Mountain ash, Sea buckthorn, Snowberry, Winter berries, Yews

1. What’s a berry? As you will know by now if you read 10 Neat Things frequently, only some berries

Garden of Stephanie Rose

Beautiful Gardens British Columbia

The Garden of Stephanie Rose

November 3, 2023 Shauna Dobbie 2224 Views gardening, gardening book, generative garden, stephanie rose

She pops open a panel on the inside of the van and shows us a fridge, then lifts a

10 neat things about fall leaves

10 Neat Things Plants

10 Neat Things About Fall Leaves

November 2, 2023 Shauna Dobbie 2466 Views fall, leave, leaves, winter

1. It’s a loss not a gain of colour. Deciduous leaves turn colour in fall because of a loss of

10 Neat Things About Snow

November 1, 2023 Shauna Dobbie 3928 Views gardening how-to, snow

1. The pukak. Under the winter’s collection of fallen snow, there is a secret world where small animals and insects

10 Neat Things to do in fall

10 Neat Things Plants

10 Neat Things To Do In Fall

October 31, 2023 Shauna Dobbie 3695 Views fall, leave, plant

1. Neaten up. Add this to your to-do list in fall. Even the messiest gardener (that’s me) needs to get

Animals Birds Local Gardener

Feathered Friends: Feeding birds in winter

October 20, 2023 Shauna Dobbie 1199 Views autumn, bird feeders

Feathered Friends by Sherrie Versluis With the lovely fall season upon us, it is a perfect time to think about