Episode 23: Before the slaughter and hardiness zones
Tony at Bonobo’s Foods has passion for growing trees that aren’t supposed to grow in Northwestern Ontario. Join me in this episode where we catch up with him to see his experiment in action. Chances are, most of these trees will die over the winter. Go visit Tony’s store at 493 Oliver, and if he has a few minutes he’ll show you around back. But do it quickly before these trees get hammered by old man winter.
This might be the only chance you get to see living specimens of the following trees in Thunder Bay:
- Northern and southern catalpas
- Sycamore
- Kentucky coffee tree
- Ailanthas
- Black locust
- American beech
- Black cherry
- Shagbark hickory
- Ginkgo
Check out the Canadian hardiness zone map.
At Bonobo’s, I’ve been told that they make a mean poutine made from locally produced potatoes and cheese curds, as well as some great vegetarian food.
