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I have to admit that it has been a very long time since my last update!… Read more: A Brand New Start

In addition to all the wonderful fruits and vegetables that fill my garden, I have also… Read more: Bugs & Crawly Creatures in my Backyard

For years I’ve been obsessed with growing fabulous, fresh fruit right here in Central Alberta. Not… Read more: Enjoying the “Fruits” of my Labour

Some time ago I was introduced to Anna from northernhomestead.com – a fellow gardening enthusiast from central Alberta. She writes a… Read more: An Interview with Anna: Her Inexpensive Geodome Greenhouse

For years I’ve had great plans to build a garden trellis for my many varieties of… Read more: How to Build a Garden Trellis for Grapes and Kiwis

This week I experienced my first real grape harvest. Sure, I’d had managed to grow a… Read more: Grapes: They can actually grow in Alberta!

Orange and yellow tulips, flowering crab, and pears flowers – Just another fantastic show of color this spring… Read more: More Spring Flowers in Alberta

Well folks, I took another photo stroll around the yard and snapped some of my favorite… Read more: My Fruit Trees Are Budding

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!

One of my favorite types of photos are the macro photos of spring buds. There is… Read more: The Budding of Spring

As mild as this winter has been, it’s still been winter! Don’t get me wrong –… Read more: Remembering Autumn

Some of the most popular articles that I’ve written on this website have been about my… Read more: Greenhouses: More Than Just Functional

I don’t think I have ever experienced a summer in Alberta when, by the 20th of… Read more: The Corn Likes the Weather…

As I mentioned in one of my recent posts, I recently returned from vacationing in the… Read more: Community Gardens

My wife and I just returned from visiting my parents in the Kootenays of British Columbia.… Read more: Vacationing in the Kootenays

It looks like this will be another saskatoon-less summer. Things were growing so well… Lots of… Read more: The Deer Strike Again!

In my last post, I took a photo stroll around the yard. But at that time… Read more: Kiwis, Grapes, Blackberries, and More!

It was way back in in the June of 2008, that I took a Photo Stroll… Read more: Here’s What’s Growing By the May Long-Weekend

Recently, I’ve had a few requests about exactly what to plant in these square foot gardens… Read more: Square Foot Garden Planting Plans

This morning I made an unexpected discovery. While checking my an email address that I haven’t… Read more: A Few More Haskap/Honeyberry Pictures

If you remember way back in the early part of this summer, I told you about… Read more: Beans & Sunflowers

I must say, this has been probably the worst gardening year I’ve ever experienced. The weather… Read more: Summer 2010 Recap

I took a trip back the farm earlier this summer and snapped a couple of pictures… Read more: Fourth Year Haskap

Finally the snow has melted and the forecast no longer has overnight frosts. Time to get… Read more: Field of Beans (and Corn)

It’s almost Spring! Yes, there may be a foot of snow on the ground still. Yes,… Read more: A Texas-Style Hoop Frame PVC Pipe GreenHouse

Well, not that long ago I showed you that a hoop-frame greenhouse could survive a Canadian… Read more: My Hoop-Frame Greenhouse In the Snow

It’s December 12 in Central Alberta. Last week brought a lovely little blizzard with high winds… Read more: Can A PVC Pipe Greenhouse Survive A Canadian Winter?

I don’t know if you’ve picked up on this yet, but I like tomatoes. I’m pretty… Read more: The Winner of the 2009 Tomato Awards Is… Sweet Cluster!

Hi folks! I just wanted to share this picture with you. I snapped it this morning.… Read more: Sunflowers & Honey Bees

The heat in the milk jugs is slowly released throughout the night

While taking a landscaping course recently, I had to identify the colors used in a particular… Read more: Eggplant Anyone?

The hail broke windows, shredded siding, and striped everything off of his saskatoon and raspberry bushes – but his greenhouse covered with this same woven poly was completely undamaged!

After getting started tremendously late (due to landscaping issues), my garden isn’t looking too bad –… Read more: Better Late Then Never

A few weeks ago I had a real hankerin’ for some strawberries. I checked into my… Read more: BillyCo Junction Upick

As promised earlier, here are a few haskap/honeyberry pictures. These were four inch seedlings about three… Read more: Haskap / Honeyberry Pictures (After Three Years)

The plants had more than doubled in size this year and were covered in little berries.

The next step in landscaping our yard was removing the four large stumps from what would… Read more: Stump Grinders: A Necessary Evil

Last summer I bought a new house – as I’ve eluded to in some of my… Read more: A New Home – A New Garden

It seems everyone is in the greenhouse building mode! Ok, well, maybe not EVERYONE, but many… Read more: Hoop Frame Greenhouse in New Zealand

Recently I received a comment on my post “How to Build An Inexpensive Hoop-Frame Greenhouse” from… Read more: My “Inexpensive Hoop-Frame Greenhouse” Design in Nova Scotia

I had a comment today on my post regarding square-foot gardens asking about some pictures of… Read more: Block Planting Carrots, Onions, Lettuce, & Dill

After quite a bit of reading about companion planting, last spring I decided to try it.… Read more: Does Companion Planting Work? Just Ask My Beans!

My love of fresh fruit has kept me on the trail to experience the many upick… Read more: The Saskaberry Ranch near Olds

This weekend was the annual Summertime Country Drive (a collection of 25 central Alberta farms &… Read more: Prairie Perfect Orchards near Innisfail

This is just a quick and simple post asking just one question: What kind of flower… Read more: What Kind of Flower Is This?

Today was the Strawberry Festival at the Jungle Farm just north of Innisfail. Since that’s right… Read more: The Jungle Farm Near Innisfail

Gardening in Alberta certainly has it’s challenges. The #1 challenge has got to be the weather.… Read more: Deer – My 2nd Worst Enemy

I’ve been wrong before – and I’ll be wrong again. Just last week I wrote a… Read more: Baby Potatoes Have Arrived

This is my third season of growing tomatoes, and believe me, I have learned a lot… Read more: Seven Essentials to Growing Tomatoes

I just thought I update you on how my ‘potatoes grown in straw‘ experiment is going.… Read more: Those Are Some Very Baby Potatoes

Yesterday I experienced the joy of my first u-pick of the season! I had been anxiously… Read more: Red Lodge U-pick Near Bowden

Remember the article I wrote back in May about How To Build An Inexpensive Hoop-frame Greenhouse?… Read more: Greenhouse Update

Over the past while, folks have been asking me for a few new features on this… Read more: New Exciting Things at Alberta Home Gardening

Yes, it’s true.  I’ve been eating haskap berries this past week. Not bucketfuls, but small handfuls… Read more: It’s Haskap Season!

This spring I had quite a few leftover seed potatoes. I hated to waste them, but… Read more: My Secret Potato Garden

This year I tried something new. I had heard rumors of other people doing it, but… Read more: Growing Potatoes In Straw

This evening I took a walk around my yard with my little girl and my camera.… Read more: A Photo Stroll Around The Yard

I took a talk around our yard today and was pleased to notice that my haskap… Read more: Early Haskap Berries

Today is certainly a sad day. After much work in building my A-frame greenhouse and covering… Read more: My Greenhouse Plastic Gets Destroyed

As of today, phase one of my giant A-frame greenhouse is complete. It stands about 12… Read more: My Giant $160 A-Frame Greenhouse

Back in November I wrote a post called “Introduction to Haskap Berries (aka Honeyberries)“. Currently, this… Read more: Haskap Blossoms in May

One of the most valuable assets in my garden is my greenhouse. It has allowed me… Read more: How to Build an Inexpensive Hoop-Style Greenhouse

Hello. My name is Dave and I’m a locavore. I’ve actually been a locavore for years,… Read more: Yup. I’m A Locavore.

Last spring I bought six kiwi seedlings. Within a couple days of getting planted, they were… Read more: Protecting Your Tender Plants From A Spring Freeze

Well, it’s May and by now every gardener in Alberta is biting at the bit to… Read more: When Can I Plant My Garden?

Today was the day to transplant my tomato seedlings, and I think I may have done… Read more: Transplanting Tomatoes

Today I planted some corn. I’ve never planted corn as indoor seedlings before, but after attending… Read more: Time To Start My Corn Seedlings

Over the past few days I’ve noticed two things. First, my cucumber seedlings have a tendency… Read more: Yellow Leaves On Your Seedlings?

A picture is worth a thousand words, so let me just say this: April 12, 2008… Read more: Why It’s So Difficult To Be An Alberta Gardener

Yesterday, April 7, 2008 , I planted my first seeds of the year. If you’ve never… Read more: Starting Tomato, Cucumber, Watermelon, and Pepper Seedlings

A couple of days ago I planted an acorn with my daughter, and by George, I… Read more: Planting An Oak Tree

I’d like to introduce you to a new way of gardening. It’s called square foot gardening.… Read more: How to Make a Square Foot Garden

When I was a kid growing up in central Alberta, I was pretty sure that all… Read more: 17 Hardy Fruits That You Can Grow On The Prairies

On Yahoo! Canada today there was a news article from ABC News entitled “Hair: the best… Read more: Is Human Hair Really a Great Fertilizer for your Garden?

With spring not all that far away, folks are browsing the seed catalogs and are starting… Read more: Garden Plan & Seeds for 2008

With the recent week of -40 degree weather, my thoughts have again turned to straw bale… Read more: Building A House With Straw Bales

Peas have long been my favorite garden snack. Ever since I was a kid, you would… Read more: The Dilemma of Pea Varieties

After my grapes went through their first winter, I wasn’t sure they had survived. Well, after… Read more: How To Keep Your Grapevines Alive Through The Winter

While traveling through southern California & Arizona over Christmas, I saw some super-sized gardens. Having grown… Read more: Lettuce Fields In Alberta?

This Christmas I was inspired to plant a tree. Maybe two. Maybe even a hundred. You… Read more: Gardening for Future Generations

The ground is frozen and there is a layer of snow covering your garden plot. There’s… Read more: Tips for Vegetable Crop Rotation

Before two years ago, I had no idea that you could grow peppers in Alberta. I… Read more: Sweet Bell Peppers

For my family, and I imagine many other North Americans, potatoes are the most common food… Read more: How To Grow Amazing Scab-Free Potatoes

Over the past two years I’ve grown six different varieties of carrots. I’ve grown purple carrots,… Read more: How Do Your Carrots Grow?

Making a new garden plot is no easy task – no matter how you do it.… Read more: How To Make A Garden From Scratch The Easy Way

What are the three things that consume most of your time and effort in gardening? It’s… Read more: How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back

If you’ve never seen haskap before, this whole article is going to seem very strange to… Read more: Introduction to Haskap Berries (aka Honeyberries)

This spring I expanded my strawberry patch. In the past all I had grown was the… Read more: Fort Laramie Strawberries Reviewed

Who knew that throwing all your dead plants, moldy vegetables, and manure from your pet pig… Read more: Composting Made Easy… Or Something Like That

I grew up on a farm in central Alberta and naturally, we had a large garden… Read more: What’s the Deal with this Blog?