Keeping a shoreline healthy for cottage owners and wildlife

A quick guide to growing easy vegetable plants

00:00 gateway plants 1:30 suggested easy plants and seeds 2:30 seed planting 5:20 bedding plants 7:00 soil medium for containers 08:11 suggested plants for containers

Worms, glorious worms

0010 introduction of worms 1:22 concerns re worms in natural forests 03:05 the worms in our gardens 06:00 worm farms 07:47 cutting earth worms

giving houseplants a new view outside

Hardening off houseplants and altering their care to the outdoor environment

Keeping a shoreline healthy for cottage owners and wildlife

00:00 Welcome 00:23 Defining the shoreline/ribbon of life/riparian zone 02:14 Oligotrophic lakes 02:37 Mesotrophic lakes 03:02 Eutrophic lakes 05:09 septic systems and their effect on lakes 06:45 Keeping water on the property/ rain gardens 08:47 Stabilising the shoreline to prevent erosion 13:24 Preventing Geese on the property 14:00 General recommendations 15:04 Planning a shoreline garden 16:00 Planting strategy 20:27 Plants to consider for erosion prevention and rain gardens

Love maple syrup? We talk to Scott Drummond to find out about maple syrup production

00.00 introduction o2.30 tapping trees 04.30 lines for draining sap 06.50 boiling sap 09.00 sap production 11.36 what affects the sugar content 12.04 Classes of maple syrup 15.37 more on boiling sap `17.36 filtering the syrup