The season are what defines a Calgary garden. Calgary gardens are all about the seasons and Gardeners in Calgary should make the most out of each season.
Passion is a word that could define a Calgary Gardener
We only have short season to enjoy our gardens in Calgary. So as a Calgary Gardener, I like to make the most of the short gardening season.
The some times drawn out but mild Calgary winters are for reflection. Once should pay attentions to ambitions and desires during the off season.
On the other hand, Spring is when Calgary Gardens come alive again.
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.
Ecosystems come alive as vibrant colors re-emerge with only a small number of Garden plants.
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.
Maybe winter was invented so that Calgary Gardeners may have time to think about what they are going to do next summer in their garden
In Calgary, the gardening season is about six months at most. When the cold finally comes around, the people of Calgary have gotten used to a phenomenon known as 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.
As well, with all of this, Chinooks cause plants to dry out. The warm blowing air quickly can remove an insulating blanket of snow and dry things out pretty quickly.
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.
The newly formed plants again have life, completing the cycle of another year.
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.
Or maybe if it is winter, get some indoor plants and create an indoor Garden Calgary!
Good luck with your offseason efforts!
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Custom Stone and Waterscapes
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