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New SSM Horticultural Society Executive installed at January Annual General Meeting (PLUS: perennial plant recommendations and monthly meeting time changed!)

photo of SSM Hort Society new president Abby Obenchain with past president Rita West

At the Annual General Meeting on January 6, the new Executive for the Sault Ste. Marie Horticultural Society was sworn in. Continue reading

Could invasive jumping Asian earthworms make Ontario’s forests and gardens a “nothing grows here” zone?

By Abby Obenchain, Sault Ste. Marie Horticultural Society

One of my work colleagues here in Sault Ste. Marie recently discovered what he believes are Asian earthworms (Amynthas) in a plant he was repotting. These invasive worms pose a hazard to gardens and forests as they can cause “nothing grows here syndrome.” Continue reading