Hello and welcome to our gardening blog!

Even though the Central Alberta growing season is rather short, gardening can be on your mind all year long. Beginning in the winter (I know, an odd place to begin when thinking of gardening and planting), planning takes place with the first arrival of the annual seed catalogues. In winter we watch the weather - too little snow means not enough moisture in the soil, too much snow can adversely affect Spring runoff, cold temperatures could mean winter-kill, and the list goes on. Spring comes and May long weekend cannot arrive soon enough - the traditional planting weekend in my family going back to the homesteading days of my grandparents. In summer we wait for the late-blooming perennials and days of family events and living outside with your gardens. Fall arrives and we think of the many things we need to accomplish to put our gardens to bed before the first snowfall of the season. And the cycle begins again. Here we will offer tips, advice and discussion for other gardeners of all abilities, as well as provide a place, a gallery, to look at breathtaking blooms from our gardens.