August is prime gardening season in my neck of the woods. June – and July especially – are growth months, the veggies getting situated and racing to take full advantage of the heat and sun. Of course we haven’t had much heat or sun so …
Well, sort of anyway. More or less it’s summer, at least in terms of the calendar year. June is historically the wettest month in my neck of the woods, and this year has been no exception. In fact, over the past few weeks we’ve broken …
Over the past week I’ve been thinking a lot about keeping records. I love to keep records (if that wasn’t painfully obvious from the seed bank wiki – and that’s just what I upload to the website!). And it’s not just gardening. I’m an avid …
I got everything out a bit later than intended this year – but nothing too heinous. We were smacked with a frost warning right at the end of May, so it wasn’t so bad of a thing that I was slightly later than intended (although …
That’s it, I’m calling it, spring is officially here. For the first time in I-don’t-know-how-long spring actually arrived around the vernal equinox here in Central Alberta, and that alone makes me extremely happy. The snow is melty, the birds are chirping, and yesterday I even …
Or maybe it’s here already? Despite one of the coldest February’s on record, the past few weeks in Edmonton have been getting better, and better. Now with the snow melting and birds singing, it feels like the last hump of winter is finally over with …