It’s not too late to plant cherries in the prairies! Cherry plants that have been grown in containers can be planted from spring and right through until fall. We have planted sour cherries well into early October with great success. We mulch the root balls with about 12” of wood shavings or wood chips the last week of October to …
Plus a few tips on the secret lives of trees – below ground. Fall planting allows just enough time for the roots of a fruit tree to become established before winter. And that acclimation period is extremely important. After a summer of big swings in weather – with excessive heat and drought in the spring, followed by excessive wet and …
We are very proud of being a Sustainable Tourism Award finalist. We have maintained a sustainability action plan score of 94%. Doing our part to protect the environment! Learn more and view minute 1:35 for the Prairie Gardens finalist overview.
For Edmonton Gardens (Zone 3-4) Welcome to the art of growing Blueberries in Alberta – for Zone 3 gardens! You are going to be surprised by how many half-high blueberries are tough enough to grow in our -35C winter wonderland here in Alberta! Most of the blueberry (Vaccinum) family hail from North America, where First Nations peoples have been enjoying …
Prairie Gardens – A Success Story A Woman-Led Business That Feeds the Community Any day is a perfect day to give a shoutout to women-led businesses that improve the lives of their communities. One such business Prairie Gardens, a farm in Sturgeon County that offers high-quality, fresh, and affordable produce for everyone. Meet Tam Andersen, who has been growing food …
After the mad rush of spring planting and garden maintenance, it is a relief to take a more leisurely, yet studied approach to the perennial garden during the month of June. June is the perfect time to purchase and plant perennials. In June, the garden centre will feature larger, more mature, flowering plants than often are available during the spring. …
Alberta has the perfect climate to grow Hops! You can grow your own Hops to make your own delicious beer! And they are beautiful vines in your garden! Highly decorative, fast growing, trouble free, and cold hardy, hops provide a dual purpose interest to gardens that few other plants do. Create a privacy screen, and use them to brew your …
The Long Haul Farmer Tam’s Blog January, 2021 Seven acres of broccoli is a lot of broccoli. A lot to harvest. Ambitious and naïve. It was 1987 and our first year of growing vegetables on a large scale. We had decided that our twenty five acre farm should be able to support us with a living wage by growing food …
The word compost comes from the latin com meaning “together” and post meaning “to bring”. It is the bringing together of organic matter into a process of decomposition, which produces a soil conditioner rich in nutrients. From home gardeners to small scale farms like Prairie Gardens, composting is one of the best things we can do for our plants and …
When I arrived at Prairie Gardens, just over two months ago now, I didn’t think many things would be different. I have lived in rural farming country my entire life and so when I got the apprenticeship here in Bon Accord, Alberta I thought the weeds would be weeds, the soil normal, the weather similar if not colder in the …
