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Summer Planting with Root Rescue Transplanter
Hot, Dry, Summer Weather: it's why you need to use Root Rescue Transplanter For many professional landscape companies, hot summer weather sign...
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Summer Planting with Root Rescue Transplanter
Hot, Dry, Summer Weather: it's why you need to use Root Rescue Transplanter For many professional landscape companies, hot summer weat...
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Transplanter - Now Registered by the CFIA for Sales Across Canada
Root Rescue Transplanter gets it's brand new shiny New Product Registration Number from the CFIA! This means that we can now sell our...
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An Ectomycorrhizae - Laccaria bicolor - pops up next to Aspen and Birch in October
This unassuming little mushroom (Laccaria bicolor - the Bicolor Deceiver) pops up briefly in the fall. Its appearance means that the nearb...
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The First Report on the GTA's Forest Canopy Delivered at the Grey to Green Conference 2016
"You don't know what you've got..." - Until you count it! The new report commissioned by GIO (the Green Infrastructure Ontario Coaliti...
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Root Rescue Weather has Arrived! Throw your New Plantings a Life Line!
This is just the kind of Sunny, Hot, Dry weather that creates Dangerous Stress for New Landscape Plantings Here's the local forecast w...
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Author Peter Wohlleben's new best-selling book reveals the secret lives of trees to all of us.
The Hidden Life Of Trees is a fabulous book that has jumped into the top 10 in non-fiction book lists all over the world. Bob Reeves ...
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Phenology - Watch Nature's Signals - Your Reward? Morels!
Climate Change means the calendar may not be that useful for gardeners anymore May 24th just passed, and here in Southern Ontario, the risk o...
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Bob Reeves Interview on CH Morning Live TV
Root Rescue's 1st(?) 5 minutes of Fame. Bob Reeves describes the idea behind Root Rescue's new mycorrhizal plant starter in an intervi...
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Earth Day is Really Soil Day
The Roots of Earth Day April 22nd, another Earth Day has arrived. Let's go back to the roots of this movement and see where it all beg...
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Ectomycorrhiza - some are easy-to-see Showoffs
An easy-to-spot Amanita - doing good work for its tree host Here's my picture of a beautiful group of Amanita muscaria var. 'guessowi...
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It's Opening Day. Root Rescue launches our new website!
After 12 years of research, testing, and a long regulatory journey - it's opening day at Root Rescue! But how did it all start? What were ...
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Transplanter's 1st packaging run comes rolling off the line in Dundas Ontario - and we'll start shipping to our vendors next week!
Well, the long wait is over. Root Rescue's new Transplanter is packed and ready to go! In looking out my window, I'm not sure if sprin...
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Root Rescue Enters the Marketplace at the Landscape Ontario Congress Show 2016
Root Rescue announces the Product Launch of Transplanter at the LO Congress Show 2016! Well, we got the green light from the CFIA on D...
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International Reducing CO2 Emissions Day
International Reducing CO2 Emissions Day is about raising awareness and encouraging people all over the world to do their part in taking care of...
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Thoughts on World Soil Day
In our rush to get a sound bite from Charles Darwin’s lifetime of work, we missed something – we got it wrong, or just heard it wrong. ...
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World Soil Day 2022
In our rush to get a sound bite from Charles Darwin’s lifetime of work, we missed something – we got it wrong, or just heard it wrong. By ...
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3 Top Tips For Growing In Dry Climate Conditions
As winter slowly fades, it may not be top of mind, but it’s still wise to remember that Canadian summers can deliver harsh growing cond...
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What’s Really Under Your Feet?
The world below the surface is a complex, organized, and fragile ecosystem, and a basic understanding of its makeup is essential if you wa...
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How Can I Help Prevent Dangerous Algal Blooms?
What part can I play? All algae (a type of phytoplankton) have a role to play in a healthy ecosystem. They usually exist at a mic...
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Why Protecting Our Butterflies Is Vital To The Environment
There are approximately 20,000 species of butterflies in the world. About 275 of these grace the gardens and meadows of Canada. No one re...
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Drug Addicted Plants: Are you an enabler?
Are your garden plants a bunch of drug addicts? By no means do we seek to make light of the seriousness of drug addiction, but the les...
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Important Lessons from Nature #1
How the Redwoods of California can benefit all humankind: "The only way to survive is by taking care of one another" ~ Grace Lee Boggs As th...
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The Best Way To Grow Healthy Plants In Suburban Soils
"You don't know what you've got..." - Until you count it! For many years, landscapers and home gardeners have been fighting an uphi...
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Important Lessons from Nature #1
How the Redwoods of California can benefit all humankind: "The only way to survive is by taking care of one another" ~ Grace Lee Boggs As the world...
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The Best Way To Grow Healthy Plants In Suburban Soils
For many years, landscapers and home gardeners have been fighting an uphill battle when trying to grow healthy, sustainable plants in suburban and ...
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Tips for Transplanting
Transplanting Tips for a Successful Garden A Strong Start for a Healthier Garden Getting your plants off t...
Read MoreSuccession Planting - Increase your Harvest
“My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece.” Claude Monet What is Succession Planting? Succession planti...
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Soil Health is Plant Health
“To be a successful farmer one must first know the nature of the soil.” Xenophon, Oeconomicus Soil - the foun...
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Earth Day - Tree Planting Relay
"The care of the earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all, our most pleasing responsibility." - Wendell Berry It...
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World Soil Day 2023 | The Importance of Soil and Water for Life
"Man - despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments - owes his existence to a six inch layer of tops...
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Organic Begins in the Soil | Nurturing a Holistic Approach
Canada’s National Organic Week is the largest annual celebration of organic food, farming and products across the country. ...
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Planting Fall Bulbs for Food or Flowers
'To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.' Audrey Hepburn Embrace Fall Planting: Unveiling the Magic of Bulb-...
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The Importance of Pollinators & Pollinator Gardens
"His labor is a chant, His idleness a tune; Oh, for a bee’s experience Of clovers and of noon!" The Bee by Emily Dickinson ...
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International Compost Awareness Week
"One man's trash is another man's treasure, and the by-product from one food can be perfect for making another." Yotam Ottolenghi ...
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Earth Day 2023 - Invest in our Planet
"The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it." Robert Swan Time to Step Up To cele...
Read MoreThe Impact of Forests on Healthy People and Healthy Societies – Celebrating International Day of Forests
"This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight" Hen...
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Create A Sustainable No-Till Garden This Spring
Improve your soil health and enjoy healthy, thriving plants. The benefits of no-till With warm spring weather quickly...
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