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Sarah Coulber
This Week in Our Garden
[PHOTOS: CWF] I’ve been seeing red admiral butterflies these past few weeks but today managed to get a few shots of one on our golden current (Ribes aureum). This photo…
This Week in Our Garden
[PHOTOS: CWF] It’s almost May and…it snowed. Yup. And it didn’t just sprinkle down…it stuck…for hours. For my friend in the Quebec Laurentians, it lasted days thanks to the cold…
Ancient Plant Blooms Again
[PHOTO] When you look at this plant, imagine a wooly mammoth or saber-toothed cat walking by. “What on earth?” you might say…although “when on earth” might be more relevant. This…
Studies on Bees
Check out these two articles. They profile recent studies on how the health of bees is being affected by toxins in the environment, such as pesticides. They were sent to…
This Week in Our Garden
[PHOTOS: CWF] Spring has sprung and the CWF Demonstration Gardens are waking from their winter slumber. Our wildlife-friendly garden showcases a large variety of Canadian native plants and through…
Spring Has Sprung!
In keeping with the new growth and fresh starts that come with spring, our WildAboutGardening.org website is sporting a new look, new English and French content and more user-friendly features.…
Check Out The Tracks – Rodents and Rabbits
tracks of squirrel (left) and snowshoe hare (right) mouse tracks [PHOTO: CWF] Recent weeks in my neck of the woods have included a couple of short warm spells. This…
Which Waxwing’s Which?
[PHOTO: JESSE BUTT, CWF PHOTO CONTEST] I have seen groups of waxwings from time to time. They swoop in, do their thing and then they’re gone. Once it was a…
Celebration in Lawrencetown, N.S.
[PHOTO: CWF] I went to a party last weekend in Lawrencetown, a small rural village in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. It has a population of just over 650.…
Check Out These Tracks – Red Fox
[PHOTOS: CWF] Ever wonder about the story behind the tracks in your garden or local park? I certainly have, to the point of taking a tracking course with the world…
