Calgary Gardening – A Year Of Changing Seasons
A Calgary Garden is about the seasons. Gardeners in Calgary should make the most of each season and appreciate what it can do for their Calgary Garden.
Passion is a word that could define a Calgary Gardener
The season is so short, there is not a lot of time to enjoy Calgary and it’s gardens. I have been a Calgary Gardener for many years and I like do everything I can to squeeze every bit of enjoyment out of the short gardening season in Calgary
This starts with paying attention to your garden needs and desires during our sometimes long, but mild Calgary winters. Winter is a time for reflection.
Spring is a time to enjoy your Calgary Garden.
The new textures and colors that haven’t been seen in months make it just that much better in the spring time for most Calgary Gardeners.
A Gardener only needs a small amount of garden plants to feel the vibrancy that plant life has to offer.
It’s amazing how even your pets will scramble around with more energy as the dawning of spring becomes apparent.
Oh yes, spring. It is a wonderful thing.
A gardener friend of mine once told me that winter was invented so gardeners can decide what they want to do next spring. I believe it.
Calgary has a growing season of about four to five months. When winter hits, Calgary and city gardeners are used to a phenomenon called a Chinook.
Chinooks are good in the sense they save the people of Calgary really cold winters, but they are bad for Calgary Gardens. Plants in a typical Calgary Garden will get tricked into thinking that it is summer before being hit by really cold spells. This can be no good for plants in any Calgary Garden.
Another issue can be caused by Calgary Chinooks. Warm blowing air from these Calgary Chinooks can cause your plants in your Calgary Garden to lose moisture.
The cedar, a slightly out of zone plant that is found in Calgary is one plant that is particularly vulnerable. It is bested to use burlap to wrap plants such as these.
After all these precautions, spring arrives once again completing yet another cycle.
Another year has come and gone, the birth of spring is upon us, again.
Every year that goes by seems to go faster than the last!
As a Calgary Gardener, I have learned like all seasons. This includes Winter and the so called dreaded Chinook.
We must all celebrate and enjoy the off season so that we can get back to the basics and have fun designing the Calgary Garden space for the next coming season.
On the other hand, it might makes some sense to invest in some indoor plants to help with your inspirations.
I wish you all the best in your gardening endeavors.
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