-
1 day ago | 
insidehalton.com | Janis Ramsay
Your guide to sowing seeds, hanging baskets, planting vegetable gardens, perennials and annuals while beating the odds of frost damaging your plants.
-
5 days ago | 
insidehalton.com | Janis Ramsay
As gardeners prepare their beds for the spring season, the neighbour’s manicured lawn and freshly mulched flower beds can be a sight for envy. But there may be more to mulching than meets the eye. With both fans and foes of mulching, here’s what you need to know about adding wood chips to your outdoor decor. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW What is mulch? Mulch is a layer of organic material put onto the surface of soils to benefit your plants.
-
5 days ago | 
therecord.com | Janis Ramsay
As gardeners prepare their beds for the spring season, the neighbour’s manicured lawn and freshly mulched flower beds can be a sight for envy. But there may be more to mulching than meets the eye. With both fans and foes of mulching, here’s what you need to know about adding wood chips to your outdoor decor. What is mulch? Mulch is a layer of organic material put onto the surface of soils to benefit your plants.
-
5 days ago | 
insidehalton.com | Janis Ramsay
The employment rate fell once again in Canada last month, with those in the manufacturing sector, and core-aged women making up the bulk of people losing work. Statistics Canada released its April job report today and noted there were 60,000 women aged 25 to 54 who reported losing jobs last month. Most of those jobs were part-time, the number-crunching agency noted.
-
5 days ago | 
insidehalton.com | Janis Ramsay
For Emergency Preparedness Week, officials are asking residents to ensure they actually have an emergency kit handy, and the recent ice storm that swept through parts of Ontario is a stark reminder. “We want families across Ontario to be safe, practised and prepared for any emergency that comes their way,” Ontario Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response Jill Dunlop said to Metroland Media.
-
5 days ago | 
ourwindsor.ca | Janis Ramsay
The sunbeams will be out in full force this Mother’s Day weekend, as Environment and Climate Change Canada predicts a delightful few days ahead. “It’s looking like a sunny, fairly warm weekend all around,” meteorologist Steven Flisfeder said. Friday has some cloud cover For the rest of the day today, May 9, temperatures will be in the mid-teens across southern Ontario.
-
5 days ago | 
therecord.com | Janis Ramsay
The sunbeams will be out in full force this Mother’s Day weekend, as Environment and Climate Change Canada predicts a delightful few days ahead. “It’s looking like a sunny, fairly warm weekend all around,” meteorologist Steven Flisfeder said. Friday has some cloud coverFor the rest of the day today, May 9, temperatures will be in the mid-teens across southern Ontario.
-
5 days ago | 
therecord.com | Janis Ramsay
For Emergency Preparedness Week, officials are asking residents to ensure they actually have an emergency kit handy, and the recent ice storm that swept through parts of Ontario is a stark reminder. “We want families across Ontario to be safe, practised and prepared for any emergency that comes their way,” Ontario Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response Jill Dunlop said to Metroland Media.
-
1 week ago | 
insidehalton.com | Janis Ramsay
Another large mass of cicadas is about to emerge in the United States, after 17 years of hibernation. The swarm of billions of periodical cicadas, nicknamed Brood XIV, is expected to appear in the eastern U.S., including Long Island, Tennessee, Kentucky and Pennsylvania, sometime in May or June. The adults emerge to make a loud buzzing noise and attract a mate, when eggs will be laid and the cycle will begin all over again. Their offspring is expected to emerge in 2041.
-
1 week ago | 
northumberlandnews.com | Janis Ramsay
Another large mass of cicadas is about to emerge in the United States, after 17 years of hibernation. The swarm of billions of periodical cicadas, nicknamed Brood XIV, is expected to appear in the eastern U.S., including Long Island, Tennessee, Kentucky and Pennsylvania, sometime in May or June. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The adults emerge to make a loud buzzing noise and attract a mate, when eggs will be laid and the cycle will begin all over again. Their offspring is expected to emerge in 2041.
