Earthworms: Friend or Foe?
Chances are, if you’re an outdoor gardener, you come across lots of earthworms during the summer months. Little ones, bigContinue Reading
Author: Audrey Martel
Audrey Martel is a biologist who graduated from the University of Montreal. After more than ten years in the field of scientific animation, notably for Parks Canada and the Granby Zoo, she joined Nature Conservancy of Canada to take up new challenges in scientific writing. She then moved into marketing and joined Leo Studio. Full of life and always up for a giggle, or the discovery of a new edible plant, she never abandoned her love for nature and writes articles for both Nature sauvage and the Laidback Gardener.
In Mother Nature’s Garden: Stinging Nettle
Stinging nettle and its bad reputation! It stings, it burns, it’s dangerous, it’s invasive… And yet, it’s also an absolutelyContinue Reading
Foraging: The Good and the Bad
Our ancestors practiced it for generations and it’s only in the last hundred years that we seem to have almostContinue Reading
The Highs and Lows of the Biodome’s Rainforest
Recently, I went to the Montreal’s Biodome. It’s funny, because most people go there to see the animals, but forContinue Reading
In Mother Nature’s Garden: Lilacs
Have you ever eaten lilac? I have, out of curiosity. I can confirm that the taste has nothing to doContinue Reading
In Mother Nature’s Garden: Wild Garlic
Sensitive subject in sight: a plant vulnerable to harvesting, regulated in Quebec, but not in Ontario, and whose presence isContinue Reading
In Mother Nature’s Garden: The Trout Lily
The Trout Lily, Recognize the First Plant of Spring It may not be THE first, but in my heart itContinue Reading
Plants Make sounds… That Animals Can Hear!?
For the past few weeks, I’ve been hearing over and over about this new discovery that stressed plants make sounds.Continue Reading
Combining Passions
I love plants (as you do, I hope), but I also love other things. I wanted to share with you,Continue Reading
Let’s Celebrate Chicks and Rabbits by Talking About Manure
Happy Easter! Once celebrated for religious reasons, Easter is now more of a chocolate holiday (because one chocolate holiday onContinue Reading