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April Overall

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Plants That Thrive in Soggy Spots

  • March 8, 2023
  • by April Overall
If you’ve got an area in your garden that’s particularly soggy and you’re not sure quite what to do with it, we’ve got you covered! You’ll find all sorts of…
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Air Pollution is Hurting Our Pollinators

  • March 8, 2023
  • by April Overall
In Canada a shocking 86 per cent of Canadians live in regions with unhealthy levels of air pollution. These levels are due to natural sources of air pollution like forest…
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How to Clean Out a Nest Box

  • February 6, 2023
  • by April Overall
You might be reading this with a call for 15 centimetres of snow in the forecast but winter won’t last forever. Spring is on the horizon. If you forgot to…
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The Call of Freedom

  • February 6, 2023
  • by April Overall
How Conductor Harriet Tubman Used the Call of the Barred Owl to Guide Enslaved People to Freedom “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you?” The call of the Barred…
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Do Animals Hug?

  • February 6, 2023
  • by April Overall
The Answer is a Bit More Complicated and Nuanced than You Might Think. The benefits of hugging in humans is pretty significant. A simple 20-second hug can release a powerful…
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6 Things You Should Do to Help Squirrels in Your Backyard

  • December 5, 2022
  • by April Overall
Squirrels. You either think they’re adorable or a nuisance. I’m not sure why squirrels are so polarizing but they really are! If you fall into the “they’re so cute!” camp,…
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Plastic on the Poles

  • December 5, 2022
  • by April Overall
Microplastics have now been found in the Arctic and the Antarctic. Where do we go from here? Microplastics can be defined as tiny plastic particles up to five millimetres in…
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Feeling Stressed? Avoid Burnout With a Healthy Dose of Nature

  • November 10, 2022
  • by April Overall
A 2021 Statistics Canada survey found that 25 per cent of Canadians are dealing with high levels of stress on nearly a daily basis. Approximately half of Canadians believe their…
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16 Things You Might Be Forgetting to do for Your Garden

  • October 17, 2022
  • by April Overall
You’ve turned off the water outside. You’ve made brush piles with all the fallen leaves. Your garden’s fully prepared for the winter, right? Well…pretty close! But there are a few…
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5 Animals That Light Up the Night!

  • October 17, 2022
  • by April Overall
Hundreds of wild species have proven to glow in the dark. Pretty incredible party trick, right? But how in the heck do they do it? And why? Biofluorescence First, we’ll…
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