Latest Blog Posts for Alberta Home Gardening

• Bugs & Crawly Creatures in my Backyard
  on Dec 29, 2013 in Just Photos alberta beetle bugs cabbage worm garden pseudoscorpion slugs snail
  In addition to all the wonderful fruits and vegetables that fill my garden, I have also found that I have a backyard full of interesting crawly creatures. I’ve shown you the swarms of ladybugs, clumps of boxelder bugs, bumble bees and honey bee...
• Enjoying the “Fruits” of my Labour
  on Sep 14, 2013 in Growing Just Photos alberta apricots blueberries canada cherries fruit garden grape Haskap honeyberries kiwi Manor Chum muskmelon pembina plum raspberries saskatoons strawberries
  For years I’ve been obsessed with growing fabulous, fresh fruit right here in Central Alberta. Not just saskatoons and strawberries – but grapes, plums, cherries, watermelons – yes, even kiwis and apricots. And I want to grow it all...
• An Interview with Anna: Her Inexpensive Geodome Greenhouse
  on Mar 18, 2013 in Commentary alberta geodome greenhouse inexpensive
  Some time ago I was introduced to Anna from northernhomegarden.com - a fellow gardening enthusiast from central Alberta. She writes a very interesting blog – and has a most interesting geodome greenhouse. If you’ve never seen a geodo...
• How to Build a Garden Trellis for Grapes and Kiwis
  on Jan 24, 2013 in Projects design garden grape kiwi plans trellis vine
  For years I’ve had great plans to build a garden trellis for my many varieties of grapes & kiwis – and finally this summer I took the plunge. I built a simple, but solid trellis for the vines I have growing along the south side of my...
• Grapes: They can actually grow in Alberta!
  on Oct 6, 2012 in Growing alberta Concord flavour grapes jam jelly kiwi Marechael Foch trellis Valiant
  This week I experienced my first real grape harvest. Sure, I’d had managed to grow a few small clusters before – just enough to get a taste. But this year was the first year that I’ve been able to grow enough grapes to eat all I wan...
• More Spring Flowers in Alberta
  on May 22, 2012 in Just Photos big river flowering crab flowers golden spice pear tulip
  Orange and yellow tulips, flowering crab, and pears flowers – Just another fantastic show of color this spring in my backyard. I don’t have too much to say about these pictures other than I think they are amazing! The details blow my mi...
• My Fruit Trees Are Budding
  on May 13, 2012 in Just Photos ash barberry bleeding heart blueberries borealis brook gold gold spice grape Haskap honeyberries lilac marechael patmore pear pembina plum strawberry
  Well folks, I took another photo stroll around the yard and snapped some of my favorite pictures yet! I’ve got some beautiful pics of my plums in flower, as well as a super cool close-up of my grape buds about to burst, plus a sweet pics of my...
• A New Inexpensive Greenhouse within a Greenhouse Solution
  on May 4, 2012 in Projects alberta garden greenhouse plastic
  That little, inexpensive "greenhouse within a greenhouse" project, according to the weather almanac, could have just added 9 days to my growing season - for FREE!
• The Budding of Spring
  on Apr 30, 2012 in Just Photos
  One of my favorite types of photos are the macro photos of spring buds. There is such detail and such a variety in all the new growth that appears on branches or popping through the mulch or emerging from seed. So I took a bit of a stroll around the...
• Remembering Autumn
  on Feb 21, 2012 in Just Photos alberta autumn corn fall giant ladybugs pumpkin
  As mild as this winter has been, it’s still been winter! Don’t get me wrong – I’ve greatly enjoyed our -4° instead of our -40° weather – but veggies & fruit won’t grow in -4° any more than -40°. (Well, ex...

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