Fall 2025 has proven to be a lucky season so far as we are in midst of the still unexplained ecological phenomena of an Oak Mast Year. Somehow Oak trees across the North Hemisphere have all collectively decided to produce an above-average, large amount of acorns this year.

Butternuts are a tree it’s hard not get obsessed with. Their famously rare, tasty, creamy, buttery nut. A nut that I’ve still yet to try, but (annoyingly) consistently read and hear people raving about. Even the Vikings, who were the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean to North America, seemed to love it.

About a few weeks ago I removed a small sapling of a European Sycamore Maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) from a forest near me in Jericho Beach, Vancouver. It’s considered an invasive, shade-tolerant tree in the park.

Elm Trees make up a large part of the incredible Winnipeg and Guelph Urban Forests and they are dying.