Why Artificial Intelligence Will Never Replace a Real Gardener
By Julie Boudreau Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking up more and more space in our daily lives. It arouses bothContinue Reading
Category: Plant science
A Laurentian Flora in Every Home!
When we browse on social medias, we quickly notice this. Groups interested in native plants and wild edible plants areContinue Reading
Gardening in Sandy Soil: How to Enrich your Soil?
By Julie Boudreau It’s not given to everyone to garden in what I call cream: this beautiful loose soil, withoutContinue 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
The Ultimate Tool for the Curious Gardener: The (Small) Microscope
Like every biologist in the world, I have a $50,000 microscope at home. What? You don’t? OK, OK, I mustContinue Reading
Living the Shinrin-yoku Experience… in Your Backyard!
For some time now, we have been hearing a lot about this new Japanese trend, Shinrin-yoku. Freely translated as forestContinue Reading
Bananas: Expiration Date in Sight
The end of the banana as we know it may be near. Far be it from me to be alarmist,Continue Reading
Why Are Leaves Green?
The simple reason is that plants reflect green light. The visible spectrum, the range of colors visible to the humanContinue Reading
Gardeners Should Be Hoping for Lots of Snow…and Soon!
In mid-January, when it’s so cold that it hurts to even breathe, it’s hard to believe that plant life canContinue Reading
The Effect of Night Length on Plants
No one can deny that the nights get quite long in November, and the days consequently much shorter. What isContinue Reading