It is mid-January already. We have seen arctic weather, rain, sunshine, and of course plenty of snow to fill in the gaps. Here’s hoping that the sunshine helped give some gusto to your new year’s resolutions. That is unless they have been abandoned already (whomever chose January to make resolutions was just evil. Winter is… Read more »
Has it ever been cold in London, Ontario this week! We broke some weather records around these parts with temperatures that dipped between -35°C and -40°C, with the wind chill factored in. That was cold and wintry enough to keep all area schools closed for an extra two days on the heels of winter holidays… Read more »
Socrates was a pretty smart guy. A philosopher from Ancient Greece, he is credited with advancing theories in Western Philosophies surrounding ethics, logic and epistemology. While his student Plato helped to make his words and thoughts famous after his death, one aspect of his life is well-known. After disagreeing with the State, as his punishment,… Read more »
Back-to-School ads are all over the newspapers, tv, radios, and online. They are talking about backpacks, lunch bags, stuffed pencil cases, new outfits, and even electronics. Articles suggest how to introduce your child to kindergarten, when to bring bedtime back to a more reasonable hour, and why its important to provide healthy snacks and meals… Read more »
Bark What is bark? Merriam Webster defines it as; “the tough exterior covering of a woody root or stem;specifically : the tissues outside the cambium that include an inner layer especially of secondary phloem and an outer layer of periderm” Interesting, but why are trees covered in it? Well, there are a few reasons. Bark acts likes… Read more »
Trees. They are glorious things. Trees provide us with oxygen, and use up some of our excess air pollution, like that nasty carbon dioxide stuff that we are so good at producing. They create shade in the summer, reducing our sweat equity, plus saving us money on air conditioning. Trees also bring us peace and… Read more »
It’s that time of year again. After suffering through a heat wave last week that seemed like it would never quit, the City of London issued its first Tree Watering Alert. We might have had moisture in the air (felt like pea soup to breathe), but there wasn’t any water falling on the ground. That… Read more »
Do you have a vampire problem? Are the undead knocking at your door, trying desperately to get in? Never fear! There are ways to discourage this ancient beast from bothering you. Plant a Hawthorn at your door, a vampire shall visit nevermore! The Merits of Hawthorns The prickly Hawthorn tree (or shrub) has long been… Read more »
Yet more examples of what the deadly emerald ash borer (EAB) can do… This ash tree can be found in the playground of a local London-area public school. In their curiousity, the children there discovered that the bark was loose on this tree. Quick as a wink, they had stripped the tree of its lower… Read more »
A tree’s a tree. How many more do you need to look at? ~Ronald Reagan Tree Quotes There are millions of trees on this planet. There might not be quite as many quotes, but we’ve heard one of two tree quotes in our day. Today, we share some of them with you. Which are your favourite?… Read more »