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Home Renovation proves cost effective on heating
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you live in the average Ontario home, about 25 per cent of your heating bills goes out the window – or door, or attic,
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Home Remodeling: Getting Started
Reading Time: 3 minutesHome remodeling is a very common event that the home owners undertake. This is in fact true for I know that all of us want
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Home Gardening
Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the last few years home gardening has become an increasingly popular past-time and hobby. In fact, studies show that home gardening is at an
History Of Wildlife Food: Nuts, Berries, Fruits, And Acorns
Reading Time: 4 minutesFor over 100 years hunting plantations have been planting fruit trees for wildlife food and shelter. Like the old English hunting plantations, today’s hunters are
History Of Walnuts
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe first historical accounts of walnut trees growing under civilized cultivation was in ancient Babylon (Iraq) about 2000 B.C.; however, walnuts have evidently been attached
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History Of The Pawpaw Tree
Reading Time: 4 minutesPawpaw trees were discovered in 1541 by the Spanish explorer, Hernando Desoto, on an excursion into the Mississippi Valley, and he sent samples of this
History Of The Mayhaw
Reading Time: 3 minutesVery little information can be found in the historical docket on the native American fruit, the mayhaw, ‘Crataegus aestivalis.’ This is true because of several
History Of The Jujube Tree
Reading Time: 3 minutesChinese poets spoke about the wonderful jujube in 600 BC. The fruit of the jujube has been used in ancient Chinese medicine for many nutritional
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History Of The Guava
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe early Spanish explorers of the 1500’s found Strawberry Guava, ‘Acca sellowiana O.,’ growing as a native tree in America, where they were firmly established
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History Of The Filbert (Hazelnut)
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe modern name for filberts has evolved from European folklore. The original name was connected with Saint Philbert’s Day (Saint Filbert), the day that harvesting