Monarch landing on asters

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New blog post! Check it out at the link on the profile page or subscribe to the newsletter version on Substack. Find out what you can do to help support overwintering and migrating wildlife. #ecologicallandscaping #winterinquebec #gardeningforwildlif
📋 Is there anything better than checking tasks off your to-do list? I managed to get two important jobs done while the weather was still mild: ✅ Install Feather Friendly Bird Collision Deterrent Markers on my windows to help protect birds from in
🍃🦗 Good thing we #SaveTheStems in our fall gardening practices, even after the deer take a few chomps! This green-striped grasshopper (Chortophaga viridifasciata) is a later-instar (likely female) nymph that will be overwintering in leaves and debr
😍 It’s November 8th and these native asters are still in bloom! It helps to have a sunny, protected corner to capture the warmth of the sun, even when we’re nearing the shortest days of the year. 🌸 -- 😍 Nous sommes le 8 novembre et ces
🍂🎨 More fall colours! 1.Bumble bee on Canada goldenrod. 2.Striped maple. 3. Bumble bee on snowberry. 4. Big-leaf aster and diervilla. 5. Diervilla. 6. Oak, big-leaf aster and cedar. 7. New England aster and common milkweed. #biodiversity #SaveThe
🍂🎨 A small selection of fall colours! #nativeplants #biodiversity #LeaveTheLeaves #SaveTheStems #auroraborealis #reconnectwithnature
~New blog post~ 🍂 Fall has landed! And with it, the rakes, blowers, shears and yard waste bags. But in today’s world of declining biodiversity, what is the best thing to do when it comes to yard and garden clean-up? 🐝 The Xerces Society for
🙌 Shout out to this Ottawa homeowner who made the decision to kick the goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria) out of their garden! This variegated variety appears, at first, not to spread as voraciously as its original form, but it will eventually revert
🍂🌸 Resist the temptation to cut back your fading plants! The yellow and brown of the Canada anemone help make this New England aster’s purple, yellow and green pop right out! The anemone also happens to be protecting the soil and providing sh
🍁 As summer fades into autumn, the leaves begin to fall and many plants begin to fade. Embrace the natural beauty of the landscape and leave the leaves and stems! Conventional landscaping practices have popularized the practice of “if it&rsq
😍 Well, hello there pine tree spur-throat grasshopper! Aka Melanoplus punctulatus. I'm glad I spotted you resting on a fern and out of your camouflage tree lichen! -- 😍 Eh bien, bonjour à la sauterelle à éperon du pin! Alias M