10 Cool Things About Herbs for Kids
What are herbs? Herbs are the leafy green parts of a plant, fresh or dried, used for flavouring food. They can also include seeds or
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February 7, 2019
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About Earthworms
1. Names. Earthworms are of many different species. The common one we tend to recognize as an earthworm is Lumbricus terrestris, which, although it is
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February 5, 2019
About Dandelions
1. Tooth of the lion. The English common name “dandelion” comes from the French dent de lion, meaning tooth of the lion. The Latin, Taraxacum,
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February 5, 2019
The White Pine
by Chris Conway Excerpt from The Lake used with permission from Great Plains Publications. The ragged breaks in the tree line at Lake of the
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February 5, 2019
Fire Blight Problem on Ornamental Fruit Trees
In Canada, fire blight, caused by the bacterium, Erwinia amylovora is a destructive disease of fruit trees and ornamental shrubs. Outbreaks seriously injure and kill
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February 5, 2019
Flowering Trees of Canada
Story by Michael Rosen, RPF Photos by Daniel Tigner Flowering trees are by definition deciduous trees – trees with leaves (as opposed to needles). Evolution
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February 5, 2019
How to Prevent and Deal with Winter Burn on Evergreens
Winter burning (also called “winter drying” or “winter browning”) is a common and recurring problem of coniferous trees in colder parts of Canada. Pines (and
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January 30, 2019
How Trees Get By in Extreme Weather
Canada’s climate is far too extreme for growth in winter, though in the southwest British Columbian evergreen rainforest, photosynthesis can proceed in mild spells. For most of Canada, however, how do the above-ground parts of trees cope with a Canadian winter weather?
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January 25, 2019
Beguiling Begonias and its Other Species
We have been growing begonias in our homes and garden for about three centuries. There are many, many hybrids in addition to the 1,400 different
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January 25, 2019
About Trees and How They Grow
When you carve your initials into a tree at eye level, do the initials grow higher with the tree or stay at the eye level?
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January 24, 2019