You'd think that in late August we'd be enjoying all sorts of vegetables from our garden. And while we are pulling fresh carrots on regular basis, the state of our 2013 harvest is decidedly mixed. Stars: The spinach, chard and mixed lettuces seeded in late April grew well. Every day for about 5 weeks starting …
Our yard is still mostly covered with snow! It's mainly because of last weekend's 48 hours of snowfall. But according to Environment Canada, there are also remnants from our first winter 2012/13 snowfall - more than 150 days ago! So despite a strong urge to be out in the yard, my time in the garden …
In late September we picked about 20 pounds of apples off the little Norland apple tree in our backyard. Although they were pretty good eaten fresh for the first week or 10 days, they soon started to soften up, even though they were stored in the refrigerator. Rather than throw them into the compost, I've …
Calgary experienced a "hard" or "killing" frost last night, so today the nasturtiums, cosmos, carrot tops and parsley tops seemed to shrivel up and fall over right before my eyes. The weather forecast called it, so I ran around yesterday, picking the last of the zucchini and pulling the leeks. Mr. GeoK picked the apples …
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We're enjoying beautiful weather in Calgary on this first day of autumn. But with leaves turning yellow, nights growing cooler and seed pods forming on a number of plants in the yard, it seems like the right time to do a quick assessment our 2012 flower garden. Rather than scribble out some notes on a …
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