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Blue and Green Coloured Honey
[PHOTO CREDIT] Have you heard about the bees in France and their blue and green coloured honey? There’s a biogas plant that processes waste from a Mars chocolate factory –…
Upcoming Bat Field Season
The onset of fall means we will be starting our field season soon – in November. I’m really not sure what we will find – presumably there will be SOME bats,…
Getting Outside
I stumbled upon this YouTube video. It’s Jason Mraz on Sesame Street singing different lyrics to his song “I’m Yours”. It’s all about getting outside and enjoying nature and is therefore…
Gardening Guide Available for Eastern Ontario
Check out CWF’s latest article on pollinators in the Eastern Ontario Gardener’s Guide, 3rd Edition. In addition to listing garden centres, this handy guide includes articles, tips, lists of local…
Cutting Down on Phosphorus
Image Credit Content for this article was researched and written by CWF volunteer Connor Reid, with oversight provided by the CWF conservation team. Phosphorus is the 11th most abundant chemical…
This Week in Our Garden
Another aster is blooming – New England aster. But despite more asters and goldenrods putting on their show in our garden and along roadsides, I’m not saying the ‘F’ word…
What An Eggshell Can Tell You
Image Credit University of Guelph researchers studied nearly 700 herring gull eggs from the Great Lakes region and have found that based on egg colour they can determine environmental contamination…
This Week in Our Garden
[PHOTOS: CWF] Many flowers are still blooming as best they can in this drought that continues on. Despite some rain here and there, water levels are still very low and…
This Week in Our Garden
[PHOTOS: CWF] As summer moves on, many flowers continue to bloom such as echinacea, brown eyed Susans, our wild onions and coreopsis. Pearly everlasting is still going strong, too.…
This Week in Our Garden
[PHOTOS: CWF] These cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum) flowers are the latest addition to the blooms in CWF’s Wildlife-friendly Demonstration Garden, giving our local bee population some much needed nectar and…