Invasive Species

I did a lot of weeding last week and had to stop by my local garden centre to replace some plants that didn’t make it through the winter and found that they were still selling the same invasive plants as before.  Where’s the green in your garden store?  Why should I plunk down my hard [...]

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February 12th, 2009

Whenever someone mentions squirrels, I shudder and remember the time that a bunch of Eastern Grey Squirrels made a home in the attic above the room where I was sleeping.  Every night (until I got someone to shoo them out) about three or four in the morning I would hear them rustle about and it [...]

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