Hydnora: Fact or Fiction?
Welcome back to the big top for an extraordinary act by the great Laiback gardener plant circus. If you missedContinue 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.
A predator faster than the eye: the bladderwort
October at last! Are you ready for my traditional Halloween series? After unloved animals in the garden in 2022 andContinue Reading
How to Kill Your Soil in the Fall?
This is already my last article of September: how time flies! My favorite month is already over… But that alsoContinue Reading
Getting Ready for Winter: How to Harness the Magic of Summer
Are you prone to seasonal depression? I am… Autumn may be my favorite season, but when the leaves have fallenContinue Reading
5 Things to Do With Your Surplus Crops
I don’t know about you, but my garden is huge. Every year, I get a surprise: either my 20 tomatoContinue Reading
A Mushroom in My Mulch!
Coriander. You either love it or hate it. It’s impossible to be indifferent! Mulch is no different. Many plants andContinue Reading
Discover Quebec’s First Figs!
Late August is the perfect time to go sightseeing in Quebec: the weather’s nice, it’s not too hot, the vegetationContinue Reading
Pick-Your-Own Flowers at the Service of Nature
Visiting a farm, a field or picking your own produce is the perfect summer activity for nature and gardening enthusiasts!Continue Reading
Lavender in the Garden, Lavender in the Pharmacy, Lavender Everywhere!
August is the end of lavender flowering in Quebec. I know: it’s sad. It’s a bereavement every year to seeContinue Reading
Natural Beauty, or Problem in Sight? Webs in the Lawn
If you’re a gardener who marvels at nature’s little wonders like me… well, you’re probably being judged when you raveContinue Reading