The butterfly effect of the choice of seeds
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January 27, 2021
This theory – often misinterpreted – proposed by American scientist Edward Norton Lorenz asks the following question: Does the flap of a butterfly’s...Read more
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Do you garden when it’s cold outside?
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November 18, 2020
Extend the gardening season with a cold frame In our latitudes, autumn means the end of the vegetable garden. However, certain techniques, easy to...Read more
A lasagna for growing your tomatoes
English
October 21, 2020
Written on November 20, 2018 Urban agriculture is a rapidly expanding movement; a lot of people are wondering how to get started and above all how to...Read more
Committing for biodiversity
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June 12, 2020
The break that the pandemic has forced us to take could be the starting point for a better affinity between human beings and nature. In many parts of...Read more
A tree in wintertime
English
January 15, 2020
What do trees do to get through the cold season? They start preparing in the month of August! It’s a fair question: how do trees manage to be reborn...Read more
It was all happening!
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December 16, 2019
This past November 15, hundreds of curious people stepped through the doors of the Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan to meet, face to face and in an...Read more
Helping birds survive the winter ?
English
November 20, 2019
Written on November 8, 2013 and revised on Novenber 19,2021 You worked all summer to create your bird garden , and you have surely had the chance to...Read more
(A Magical) Researchers’ Night
English
October 29, 2019
I make my way quickly along the damp pathways of the Jardin botanique de Montréal, as though I wish I could get ahead of the leaves swirling down...Read more
Will no one rid me of these troublesome dead leaves!
English
October 2, 2019
Written on September 24, 2018 At the first signs of fall, being a kid I was the one responsible for clearing the dead leaves at home, and I got 25...Read more
Nature under the influence
English
September 4, 2019
We often tend to think that species evolve without any influence from humankind. In fact the opposite is true: since many of our actions alter the...Read more
