In this episode . . .

Visit from a baby raccoon. Flowering raspberries. Purple season continues. Planting for pollinators on a dry, shady, neglected “lawn” and the value of native plants.

To find the native plants right for your region, try Pollinator Partnerships’s Find Your Roots tool. Toronto has its own Native Plant Market in the west end, and you can also order plants online from Ontario Native Plants. I also recommend Lorraine Johnson and Sheila Colla’s A Garden for the Rusty Patch Bumblebee, an essential native plant gardening guide.

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