10 Neat Things Archives

About Fall Leaves

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

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

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

There are gardeners who would rather die than be seen with common annuals like impatiens or petunias in their yards,

1. The bitter truth about rhubarb. Rhubarb lovers may lament it and disagree, but the truth is that

1. Not from Turkey. There are three species of turkey, if you count the domesticated one, and all are from

1. Shiny horse. Sea buckthorn, Hippophae rhamoides, is a shrub or tree, growing eight to 12 feet tall, native to Europe

1. Pigeons as navigators. Like humans, salmon and dolphins, pigeons carry magnetite in their brains and in their upper beaks

1. Small but mighty. If you dislike grey squirrels, then welcome a red squirrel to your yard. Although the much

1. Cheaper and deeper but longer. To seed or to sod? That is the question. Sodding gives you instant lawn