May 25, 2024
By Cynthia Milburn FROM THE GARDEN Having moved to the cottage for most of the pandemic, we became increasingly innovative in maintaining a self-sufficient food supply while elevating our culinary game. We started by building a raised garden exclusively to grow vegetables. Our most bountiful yields were ...
May 25, 2024
By Donna Tucker The Quagga Mussel was introduced to the Great Lakes via ballast water released from commercial shipping vessels before spreading into the St. Lawrence River and most Northeastern U.S. waterways in the late 1980s. It is now found throughout Ontario's southern Great Lakes and Lake Simcoe. ...
May 25, 2024
by Tom Betts Mother Nature unleashes such a barrage of seasonal firsts and springtime rituals every spring that it is almost impossible for even a keen observer of the natural world to keep up with things. I always feel a bit overwhelmed, though I try my best to log as many migrating singers as I can, ...
May 25, 2024
May 25, 2024
By Richard Wilson You might not know it’s there, but you have definitely seen it. Phragmites Australis, also known as the common reed, has become a prevalent plant in southern Ontario. It is commonly seen along the 400 series highways and is considered one of Canada's five WORST invasive species. Phragmites ...
May 25, 2024
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October 24, 2023
By Richard Wilson, GBA Representative In 2021, the Ontario government passed a bill banning exposed plastic foam (typically polystyrene) as floatation in new docks and dock repairs. Specific laws are working their way through the system, but such material should be discouraged for now. The Georgian Bay ...
October 24, 2023
By Donna Tucker Bill 228: Keeping Polystyrene Out of Ontario’s Lakes and Rivers Act became law on May 13, 2021. The Bill requires anyone who sells, offers to sell, or constructs floating docks, platforms, or buoys to ensure that any expanded or extruded polystyrene in the dock, platform, or buoy ...
October 24, 2023
By Donna Tucker, WCA President While closing our cottage for the season and enjoying the spectacular show of autumn leaves, I recalled reading about the cause of this phenomena. As the length of night increases in the autumn, chlorophyll production slows down and then stops, eventually destroying ...