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Secrets of overseeding

By ⋅ March 29, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

greenliving, March 2010 Tough winter? Here’s how to bring your lawn back to life, naturally. Sharon Oosthoek Just like people, lawns can get tired and worn out. Heavy shade, high traffic areas, compacted soil and recurring pest infestations such as grubs can thin even the lushest turf. One way to bring your lawn back to [...]

Closing the phosphorus loop

By ⋅ March 13, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Globe and Mail,  Saturday March 13, 2010 by Sharon Oosthoek Like a fickle god, phosphorus gives life and takes it away. If too much leaches into lakes and streams, algal blooms suck oxygen from the water and choke off life. But if too little exists, we are all in trouble: Phosphorus is a dwindling, [...]

Invasion of the earthworms

By ⋅ March 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

ON Nature, Spring 2010 by Sharon Oosthoek It sounds like a bad Hollywood film, but truth can be stranger than fiction. While gardeners love to see earthworms in their soil and eco-conscious apartment dwellers rely on them to compost food waste, what most people don’t know is that the vast majority of worms in Ontario [...]

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