Growing Beets in a Cold Climate: Sowing, Thinning and Avoiding Bolting
When to sow beets, why seedlings come up in clumps, how to stop them bolting, and when to harvest roots and greens.
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Growing Onions in a Short Season: Sets, Seeds and Storage Types
Sets, seeds or transplants? How to grow onions in a cold climate, which types mature in time, and how to harvest them for storage.
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Growing Asparagus in Cold Climates: Planting, Harvest Schedule and Winter Care
How to plant an asparagus bed that lasts decades in a cold climate: best varieties, trench planting, the harvest schedule and winter care.
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Strawberry Varieties for Cold Climates: June-Bearing vs Day-Neutral
The difference between June-bearing and day-neutral strawberries, hardy varieties for the Prairies, and how to plant and winterize them.
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Growing Rhubarb: Planting, Harvesting and Dividing in Cold Climates
How to plant rhubarb, when you can start picking, how much to harvest and how to keep a clump productive for years.
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Growing Raspberries in Cold Climates: Varieties and Easy Pruning
Summer-bearing or fall-bearing? The best raspberry varieties for cold climates, how to plant them and how to prune each type.
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Alberta Vegetable Planting Calendar (Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer)
Frost dates and a vegetable planting calendar for Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer, Grande Prairie and other Alberta towns.
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Growing Haskap Berries: The Hardiest Fruit for Cold Climates
Haskap is hardy to zone 1 and ripens in June. How to choose compatible varieties, plant them, and know when the berries are really ripe.
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Best Apple Trees for the Prairies and Other Cold Climates
Hardy apple varieties for the Prairies, how pollination works, and how to plant, prune and protect young trees.
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How to Protect Fruit Trees from Winter Damage: Sunscald, Rabbits and Mice
Most winter damage to young fruit trees comes from sunscald, rabbits and mice. Here is how to prevent it every fall.
