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Two potentially destructive worms not native to Ontario have been spotted in the province and an expert says it’s something local gardeners should be on the lookout for. One worm species is native to Southeast Asia and secretes a neurotoxin that can cause skin tingling or even rashes when touched. …

OTTAWA — Cole Etherington was not always a green thumb. In fact, he said his first year of gardening was plain horrible: his crops didn’t grow, the soil wasn’t right and everything that could go wrong, did. “It just absolutely sucked,” said Etherington. But that failure only pushed him to …