by Amy on January 25, 2012
The Forest Trees of Ontario
Last week Graham and I were at the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store here in town. He was looking for a winter jacket and I was scanning the shelves of children’s books looking for something Nate would like to read. I came across this fantastic little 1968 paperback book called
The Forest Trees of Ontario.
It’s a very simple little book with black and white illustrations of the leaves, needles, buds, twigs and cones of many trees that you can find here in Ontario.
This book would have come in very handy during the Master Gardeners Technical Update I went to earlier this month. The illustrations of the twigs at the back of the book would have been the most useful for the exercise we did, which was to identify trees by their winter twigs and buds.
Even though this book is 45 years old, it is still an excellent addition to my gardening library, and only cost me a quarter!
by Amy on January 24, 2012
The Durham Organic Gardeners will be hosting their monthly meeting on the evening of Wednesday, January 25th, and this month’s focus is the annual seed exchange. It’s a great way to shake some of the winter blahs. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend, but if you’re in the area and need some seeds, you should definitely check it out. Bring a mug!
(You can also follow Durham Organic Gardeners on Twitter to stay up to date with other organic gardening happenings in Durham Region throughout the coming year.)
