Profitable Habitat Conservation And Forest Management Whether you own hundreds of acres of farmland, a small backyard, or even just a apartment building balcony, you can reduce your carbon footprint by using that space to grow plants. Plants are extremely effective at removing carbon from the atmosphere, but it isn’t always obvious how they can […]
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Evergreen Trees An evergreen is a tree that keeps it’s foliage year-round. This gives evergreens a huge advantage over deciduous trees because they can harvest sunlight all year. Warm season trees like palm trees are evergreens but we don’t get those in Canada. In Ontario, all of our native evergreen trees are conifers (trees with
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What is an Ornamental Grass? An ornamental grass is any grass plant that is used for decorative purposes. There are 3 main types of grass plants: true grasses (of family Poaceae), sedges (Cyperaceae), and rushes (Juncaceae). Although not always true of every variety, there is a comon saying to help identify which family a certain
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Whether you’re a new home gardener with little experience, or a farming vet looking to squeeze out a little more produce this year, you should probably think of building a food forest. When I think of a perfect food forest style garden, I want the most packed, diverse, high yield of fruits and veggies possible.
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