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Wildfire Smoke and Your Garden Health

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Flames and smoke rise from the South by U.S. Forest Service (source) is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Safeguarding Your Garden and Health During Wildfire Season Wildfire season is no longer a distant concern for specific regions; it’s an intensifying global challenge with far-reaching consequences. Wildfires are affecting big chunks of North America, from Western Canada and the Northwestern United States to the Midwestern United States, Central Canada and Quebec, and even the Maritimes and New England States.  Canada’s north is not immune, and in fact may be a surprising source of wildfire smoke. Communities big and small are facing the … Continue reading Wildfire Smoke and Your Garden Health

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What’s in your GO-BAG?

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What’s in your Go-Bag? I’m not talking about that small travel bag that you take on an overnight visit or the one that you cram into the overhead bin on an airplane. And I really don’t mean the bag you keep in the back of the bottom drawer of the filing cabinet at work in case you don’t make it home after having drinks with friends the night before. I’m talking about your emergency evacuation ‘get-the-hell-out-of-Dodge’ GO-BAG! Things have gotten tough enough and unpredictable enough that we really need to consider having a Go-Bag ready ‘just in case’. We’re facing … Continue reading What’s in your GO-BAG?