It’s hard to believe seed starting time is here but giving your seedlings a head start will lead to a successful growing season. Starting seeds indoors can be quite overwhelming at first but with a little experience and research it can be extremely gratifying. Here are a few general tips for the novice seed starter…. [Read More]
Helping Nature Heal—Living Shorelines
HNH Species Stockyard – Enviro Commitment
HNH Species Stockyard – Enviro Commitment & Remediation Obligation HNH will acquire native plants, seeds, cutting and root divisions from the Native Species Stockyard. HNH will use plants and seeds which have originated locally along with “Adopted Heritage Plants.” HNH will make the best effort not to transport and plant locally adapted seed more than… [Read More]
Golden Rules of Gardening – Working with Nature
Helping Nature Heal’s Golden Rules of Gardening—Working with Nature Respect the soil: build its nutrients with mulch, manure and HNH Liquid Kelp Concentrate Grow your favourite vegetables Avoid over-planting – focus on quality, not quantity Remember, most vegetables are happiest with lots of sun Keep your crops healthy and happy by rotating them annually Make… [Read More]
Our Commitment
We are not just a business, we see ourselves as an umbrella where sustainability projects can incubate and grow. We understand that you cannot split economy, society, and environment, they are an interconnected web with each part relying on the others. If there is no environment to work in and keep workers healthy then there… [Read More]
Helping Nature Heal—Sustainability
Helping Nature Heal Green Roof
Fall/Winter Projects
Need we say more? Now’s the best time to build the features you want in your landscape. Why? Two reasons come to mind. With the soil horizon built and settled over the winter, plants will have the very best start in the spring. The other reason is a little more human-centred: most people call their… [Read More]
Rock Gardens
The Chester Garden Club blog features a story about Helping Nature Heal’s unique approach to using rocks in the garden. https://chestergardenclub.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/a-rocks-role-in-the-garden/
Black Out Speak Out
This week you may have noticed that some of your favourite websites were darkened, or that Facebook friends had changed their profile pictures to read Black Out Speak Out. This initiative is fueled by grave concern for the sweeping changes to environmental law proposed by the federal government’s omnibus bill, C-38. Included in this bill… [Read More]
Seed Freedom
Today, Helping Nature Heal joins the 2012 Global Citizens’ Alliance for Seed Freedom. The organization Navdanya is founded by Dr. Vandana Shiva, who came to Nova Scotia earlier this year. Vandana Shiva fights for Earth Democracy– a combination of nature and human rights. Seed freedom is at the heart of her work because seed patenting… [Read More]
Tiered Garden Design
This tiered garden provides extra height for privacy. It also provides lots of good soil for the magnolia trees that will be planted there. Plus it gives us six surfaces to plant into!
Home Composting
Composting is a familiar concept to most people these days. Unfortunately, it is often associated with those smelly green bins we all dislike. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Composting, in its various forms, is an easy, safe, and creative way to manage yard waste and helps keep soil and nutrient cycles healthy…. [Read More]
What would it take?
What would it take to revitalize your relationship with nature? Get you outside, in tune with and alive to your surroundings? Do you have a place to sit and feel the wind on your face when the human-focused world is stressing you out? Or do you have a backyard that makes you tired just looking… [Read More]