plants

June is one of my most favorite times of the year. There is so much colour in the garden. 

If you want blooms next year, prune now

The meeting comes after controversy over the practice of land applying septic system waste as a type of fertilizer.

Each summer, Lake Erie is plagued by toxic cyanobacterial blooms fed by phosphorus runoff from farm fields. Michigan is struggling to reduce the pollution by 40%.

May is always a particularly busy month for the Ripley and District Horticultural Society (RDHS) as members plant the large tubs of annuals that appear around the village, clean up public gardens and host a plant sale on the long weekend. The cool spring has forced the group to put some planting on hold and […]

Toyota Canada will be making a new vehicle at its Southwestern Ontario plants, but with a very familiar look. The RAV4 vehicles now assembled at Canada’s largest automotive manufacturer in Woodstock and Cambridge will be hybrid-only beginning early in 2026, the automaker announced. It now assembles both gasoline-powered and hybrid RAV4s as well as Lexus […]

Provincial police seized more than $11 million worth of illegal cannabis from a Southwestern Ontario property.

A range of herbs, flowers, fruit bushes, trees, house plants, seedlings and more are being offered during the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG) plant sale on May 24. A selection of rare and heirloom varieties, as well as conventional and familiar plants, will be available by donation from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the […]

Gratitude is shared to nurses in our community for consistent care, expertise, skill and strong interpersonal relationships.

We had two last week and I'm sure there are more to come. I am talking about cold nights, when the temperature drops below 5 C.

Under Michigan's Clean Energy and Jobs Act the Upper Peninsula would be forced to shut down their natural gas-based RICE generators early, causing fees and potential job loss, lawmakers say. The bills would let the U.P. keep the generators until their expiration in 2050.

In spring, I like to get out every day to see which plants have emerged. If you blink, you can miss the whole season.