Today, while walking along the Champlain Heights Trail, I was surprised to see a Pileated Woodpecker fly into Doug’s Garden. The woodpecker landed on the forest floor, pecked for a bit at a fallen log, examined a maple tree and a douglas fir before flying… Read More »Pileated Woodpecker
A resident of Kinross Creek Co-op donated 2 garden compost bins for the use of Free the Fern. One will be used to compost green waste from vegetables and yard waste, while the other one will be used to store leaves to create mulch/leaf mold.… Read More »Compost Bins
In Plot D within Doug’s Garden (see: projects page), we have completed removing all invasive plants (English Ivy, Italian Arum & Lamium) and we have covered the soil with a protective layer of leaf mulch. Leaf mulch has been collected in a wheelbarrow from along… Read More »Leaf Mulch with Ferns