Pond Builders in Southern Ontario My name is Scott Carroll and I am a pond builder based in Ajax, Ontario. Ajax is in the Durham region just East of Toronto and we serve the Greater Toronto Area and beyond. Our goal is to restore broken habitats by building ponds with native plants that will provide …
At Carroll Property Services, we plant lots of Ontario native plants for our clients. One of our biggest concerns is how the plants will fare after we have left the job site. This is why we do everything in our power to ensure that our plants thrive in their new homes. Watering schedules are a …
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Every Native Deciduous Tree in Ontario Trees provide us with many benefits such as carbon absorption, food production, shade, and natural beauty. Native trees that have been here for thousands of years outshine other varieties in their ability to provide food and shelter for our Canadian wildlife. Deciduous trees are trees that lose their foliage …
The Benefits of Wildlife Ponds According to aquaculture scientist Greg Lutz, a well managed pond can increase property values from 5% to 15%. Pond building is one of the best things we can do for the environment (if done properly). Ponds provide the 3 basic necessities for life: food, shelter, and water. All kinds of …
A Native Plant is a plant that is part of the balance of nature that has developed over hundreds or thousands of years in a particular region or ecosystem. A Native Animal is a species that is found in a certain ecosystem due to natural processes, such as natural distribution and evolution. Native plants naturally …
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Last Sunday I was meeting a potential client for the first time and he taught me something valuable that I hadn’t been able to put into words before. Let’s call him Bob for now because I haven’t asked if I could use him in my story yet. Anyways, Bob was showing me his beautiful garden. …
The Maple Leaf: A Canadian Emblem There are over 150 species of maple tree all across the northern hemisphere from Norway to Japan and of course, the Great White North, Canada. Canadians have identified with the maple leaf since the 1700s. From 1876 to 1901, all of Canada’s coins had a maple leaf on them. …
Profitable Habitat Conservation And Forest Management Whether you own hundreds of acres of farmland, a small backyard, or even just a apartment building balcony, you can reduce your carbon footprint by using that space to grow plants. Plants are extremely effective at removing carbon from the atmosphere, but it isn’t always obvious how they can …
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Evergreen Trees An evergreen is a tree that keeps it’s foliage year-round. This gives evergreens a huge advantage over deciduous trees because they can harvest sunlight all year. Warm season trees like palm trees are evergreens but we don’t get those in Canada. In Ontario, all of our native evergreen trees are conifers (trees with …
Whether you’re a new home gardener with little experience, or a farming vet looking to squeeze out a little more produce this year, you should probably think of building a food forest. When I think of a perfect food forest style garden, I want the most packed, diverse, high yield of fruits and veggies possible. …
