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- When converting a lawn to a meadow is illegal
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18th annual catalogue from Annapolis Seeds now available 11Jan2026
Annapolis Seeds, based in the Annapolis Valley, NS are… …growers and stewards of heirloom and open pollinated seed. Our goal is to cultivate the greatest possible diversity of seeds for our region. Our collection acts as a living seed bank … Continue reading
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What’s goin on with Urban Landscapes NS? 11Jan2026
This website was set up a few years back by an economist and a ecologist (retired) at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia as an exploratory venture to help us coordinate and develop our interests in urban landscapes. We had … Continue reading
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Lawn Weed Tolerance Survey, Halifax, 25 May 2023
I conducted my sometimes annual lawn ecology survey yesterday (May 25), results shown in the image at right. The Ratio of Weed Intolerant to Weed Tolerant (& pollinator-friendly) front lawns is similar to that I have found in past years … Continue reading
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Dal Prof Paul Manning: Beware of greenwashing in the pursuit of wildlife‑friendly gardens
So advises Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture Prof. Paul Manning in an article entitled “How greenwashing can lead us astray in the pursuit of wildlife-friendly gardens” published in The Conversation, a kind of academic blog whose byline is “Academic rigour, … Continue reading
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When converting a lawn to a meadow is illegal
Couple battling municipality over ‘nuisance’ wildflower garden Stu Mills · CBC News · Posted: Jul 20, 2020 “La Pêche, Que., couple says their vegetation is a habitat for bees and butterflies”
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There are “guerilla gardeners” and now “guerilla plant namers”
View ‘Not just weeds’: how rebel botanists are using graffiti to name forgotten flora In the Guardian, May 1, 2020. A rising international force of rebel botanists armed with chalk has taken up street graffiti to highlight the names and importance … Continue reading
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Early April is ideal time to overseed clover
There are many benefits to having clover in lawns: – Combined with mulch-mowing, the clover can supply most or all of the turf’s needs for nitrogen. Clover and other legumes are infected by soil bacteria which form nitrogen-fixing nodules on … Continue reading
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What’s ripping up the lawns?
Crows are said to be the culprits. Well really it’s the grubs they are after that are the problem. I have noticed a lot more crows on peninsular Halifax this spring and am wondering if disruption of the roost at … Continue reading
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Spreading clover seed on a Halifax lawn
My front lawn is particularly difficult, but not atypical of front lawns (or sometimes back lawns) in Halifax. It was established on shallow soil, there are tree roots through it and from late May on it is shaded by Norway … Continue reading
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This fall, red maple matched Japanese maple for colour
The red maples were a match for the Japanese maples in Halifax on Oct 30, 2018
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