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10 Neat Things

Feathered Friends: The beautiful haunting call of the Common Loon

February 22, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1234 Views acid rain, Animals, Bird Studies Canada, birder, Canadian Lakes Loon Survey, Canadian one dollar coin, feathered friends, hunting loons, incubation, lake birds, loon, Loonie, Sherries Versluis, tremelo-call, wail-call, yodel

Feathered Friends with Sherrie Versluis Living in Canada is a great thing for nature lovers. We are so fortunate to

Animals Gardening for Beginners Gardening with Kids Insects

What Insects are in Your Backyard?

February 22, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1608 Views Animals, backyard, insect, lady beetle, ladybug, red lily beetle, robert wrigley, soldier beetle

By Robert Wrigley It was a late afternoon when I decided to relax by reading a book in my backyard

Animals Garden Helpers Local Gardener

An Attempt to Appreciate Slugs

January 30, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1742 Views Animals, gardening helper, slugs

Nobody likes slugs. Well, nobody except, maybe, five-year-old boys. For gardeners, they chew holes in foliage and leave a very

Animals Local Gardener

Lookalike Butterflies: Monarchs and viceroys

January 30, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1568 Views butterflies, monarch, viceroys

Monarchs and viceroys are often confused due to their strikingly similar appearance. While once thought to be a one-sided mimicry,

Animals Garden Pests Insects

Inebriated Animals and Insects

January 30, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1299 Views Animals, Birds, insects

Do the birds and the bees get a little drunk sometimes? They certainly seem to, at least some of them.

Animals Local Gardener

Dissecting Canada thistle

January 27, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1338 Views dissecting, thistle

By Shauna Dobbie I bet you wish you could actually dissect all the Canada thistles out there and trash them.

Animals How-to Local Gardener

What to Plant to Attract Butterflies

January 27, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1584 Views Aster, Blanket flower, butterflies, Foxglove, gardening, milkweed, Monarchs, Nectar-rich flowers, Perennials, Yarrow

If you want to have monarchs and other butterflies in your garden, plant nectar-rich flowers. Make sure your choices bloom

Animals Local Gardener

Blue Jays Don’t Deserve Their Bad Reputation

January 27, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1836 Views blue jays

By Dorothy Dobbie They look blue. You’d swear they are blue, a very striking, and intense blue kind of blue.

Animals Local Gardener

Dissecting Bleeding Heart

January 27, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1347 Views bleeding heart, dissecting

By Shauna Dobbie My grandmother had a big bleeding heart in her garden, next to her front door. As a

10 Neat Things Animals Birds Wild Critters

10 Neat Things About Turkeys

October 7, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 2055 Views Benjamin Franklin, domesticated turkey, Lake Tuz., poultry, turkey anatomy, turkey behavior, turkey breeding, turkey myths, turkeys, wild turkey

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

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