Sustainable Landscaping

Designing a Low-cost Maintenance Sustainable Garden in Ontario.

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Sustainable gardening design aims to avoid making excess waste, conserve water and generally do more good than harm to our local ecosystems while creating our gardens. Sustainable gardeners should aim to create low-cost gardens that are eco-friendly without sacrificing aesthetics. Sustainable gardening is, in the long run, rewarding to you – the gardener, your family […]

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Profitable Habitat Conservation And Forest Management

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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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9 Evergreens Native To Ontario

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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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Saplings, Seedlings, & Small Plants for Sale (Delivery & Planting Included)

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We don’t just plant trees, we create food forests to sequester carbon, and provide resources for the forest manager. Benefits of Reforesting Your Land – Restore Soil – Sequester Carbon – Produce Food for Your Family – Better Water Retention in Case of Drought – Invest in Your Future with Lumber & Sap Trees To

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Top 10 Best Insects for Pollination, Pest Control, and Composting

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Some people are fascinated by bugs while others fear them.  I think we can all agree that we’d prefer to have less mosquitoes and more butterflies, but not many people see the value of having spiders living in their attic.  From my research, I’ve found 3 main ways that insects can benefit humans: pollination, pest

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Non-Native VS. Invasive Species : Are Non-Native Plants Inherently Bad?

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Invasive Species Invasive species (plant or animal) are often non-native species that lack natural predators to control their populations.  With no predators, invasives are able to out-compete native plants for resources like food, water, and sunlight.  Species that are able to create such monopolies leave few resources for native species to survive.  When an invasive

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Permaculture Principles for Resource Management (Not Just for Gardeners!)

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In a society that is increasingly focused on sustainability and fighting climate change, I’m always on the lookout for new ways to live in harmony with nature. Until recently, I didn’t really know what permaculture was. Now I see that it is so much more than a type of gardening but rather an all encompassing

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