A Precious Resource
It’s More than Dirt This is part one of a five-part Farm Gate series on soil—the foundation of […]
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Green Your Property
CVC’s New Rain-ready Plant List
Have you ever wanted to create a rain garden, build a soakaway or plant a soggy area of your yard? You
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Swamp Milkweed
The vibrant pink blooms of swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) will stand out in any rain garden. This great pollinator
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Rain-ready Landscaping: When to DIY or Hire a Pro
You’ve decided a rain-ready landscape is the right fit for your yard. The next decision is whether to
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Good Work Pays Off
New Partnership CVC announces new partnership to increase financial support for on-farm stewardship in the Region of Peel.
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Only 100 Acres to Go: Certify Your Hay as Bird-friendly
March 28, 2022 – Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) is inviting hay growers to delay this year’s hay cut
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Watershed Farmers Delay the Hay to Protect Grassland Birds
Every year, grassland birds like bobolink and eastern meadowlark build their nests in hay fields across the Credit
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Good Work Pays Off for Farmers in Peel
In the 1950s, agriculture was practiced on 74 per cent of the land in the Credit River Watershed.
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LDD Lowdown
LDD moth (formerly gypsy moth) has a new name: spongy moth. We continue to use the name LDD
New Partnership with ALUS Pays Farmers to Protect Nature
March 16, 2022 – Farmers can now receive annual payments to protect and monitor nature on their lands
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Know the Signs
If your plantation was unhealthy, would you know the signs? Fifteen per cent of the Credit River Watershed’s
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Life Underground
When planning and planting our gardens, we often focus on what we see above ground, like birds nesting
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American Hop-hornbeam
Looking for a small to medium-sized tree for your yard? American hop-hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) is a great choice
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How to Top-dress with Compost
The best (and easiest) way to improve the soil in your garden is to top-dress with compost. Top-dressing
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Play Detective
Crime and mystery novels are two of the best-selling genres of fiction worldwide. So there’s a good chance
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Rural Relationship Advice
Most relationship advice columnists will tell you it’s probably not a good idea to try to change the
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Better Birding
Great Backyard Bird Count The Great Backyard Bird Count, a global citizen science and birdwatching event, will take place
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Rewet the Land
Wetlands aren’t a good place to build a house but many diverse plants and animals call them home.
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Hunters and Anglers Committed to Forests for the Future
The Dufferin Northern Peel Anglers and Hunters Association (DNPAHA) is a conservation association managing their woods and wetlands
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Live Stakes
Vampires and streambank erosion have a lot in common. Both pose threats to human well-being. Both extract substances
Award Winning Landowner Protects the Watershed
We believe that when people feel connected to nature, they will do more to protect it. We also
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