Last time in Chapter 3, we tried Alysha’s hack for germinating Milkweed in less time, and now there’s a video on YouTube explaining the process.
Now that our Milkweed has germinated, let’s look at the next steps. And for the occasion, we have a special announcement to make. Say hello to the Seed Sitters Club!
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5 Questions with Brad Perry With the 2024 total solar eclipse right at our doorstep in New Brunswick, we are all suddenly interested in looking up at the sky (and
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Even though it is often better to follow nature’s cycles, sometimes we just don’t have the time to wait a few months to germinate seeds. Our Program Director Alysha has tried out different ways to speed up the stratification process to grow Milkweed.
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As we learned last month with the first chapter of our adventure, January-February is the ideal time to start the process of stratifying (winterizing) native plant seeds, including milkweed. In this second chapter, we talk about practical actions to get involved in the movement to help the pollinators.
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Swamp Milkweed Grow-Along, Chapter 1: An intro to winter sowing for Monarchs By Samuel LeGresley, Communications Coordinator at Nature NB A lot of our native plants need a little special
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5 Questions with … Mélanie Ouellette Mélanie Ouellette, from Saint-Basile in New Brunswick, is the founder of the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library. Many native plants have sprung to life thanks
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5 Questions with Carli le Roux The Appalachian Hardwood Forest APRI 28, 2023 — Did you know that Appalachian Hardwood Forests (AHF) house the greatest species diversity of all New
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6 Questions with Meghan Oliver Tracking New Brunswick’s “Skunk Bird” APR 13, 2023 — The Bobolink, a species at risk listed as threatened in New Brunswick, is a grassland-nesting bird
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5 Questions with Ashley Brown Nature NB has been working with local birders to survey waterbirds in the Port of Saint John region since 2019. The goal of this work
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7 Questions with David Mazerolle New Brunswick is home to many species at risk including several at risk coastal plants. One of these plants is the Gulf of St. Lawrence
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