Here in southeastern Ontario, it’s the perfect time to forage spruce tips. If you’ve never heard of them, spruce tips are the new needle growth on spruce trees. They are edible and easy to identify because of their light green colour.

Lilacs are in bloom! You can harvest these flowers to make perfumes, salves, and oils. One of my favourite things to do is preserve their scent by making lilac water. It’s really simple! I use lilac water as a spray to cool my face on warm days.

For those of us who love the outdoors, the increasing risk of Lyme disease transmitted by a growing tick population is worrying. Fortunately, there are a number of things that you can do to help decrease your risk of Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses.