Tag Archives: Gardening in a northern climate

Poor Man’s Fertilizer “SNOW”

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

In fact, snow does contain nitrogen and other particulates like sulfur, which it collects as it falls through the atmosphere, however so do rain, sleet and hail, and believe it or not, lightning. Rain and lightning contain more nitrogen than snow. Statistics from agricultural … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden | Tagged canada, Farmgal, Frugal, Garden, Gardening, Gardening in a northern climate, just another day on the farm, nature, Northern climate, Snow, Snow cover in the garden, Snow fertilizer, Snow protection, Using natures gifts, Winter | 4 Comments

High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening: Overcoming the Climate Challanges

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening: Overcoming the Climate Challenges Guest Post By Willowcreekfarm Part 5 of 5 This is our 5th and final post in this series. Click these links to read the previous posts. Introduction Overcoming the Terrain Overcoming Soil Challenges … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Garden | Tagged Cold Climate Gardening, Cold season Gardening, Garden, Gardening in a northern climate, Rain barrels in the garden, Season extenders in a garden, Seed saving for cold climate gardening, Willowcreekfarm | 2 Comments

High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening : Overcoming Wildlife Challenges

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening: Overcoming Wildlife Challenges Guest Post by Willowcreekfarm Part 4 of 5 This is our 4th post in this series. Click these links to read the previous posts. Introduction Overcoming the Terrain Overcoming Soil Challenges Now we will … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Garden, homestead | Tagged Cold Climate Gardening, Fencing for gardening with deer, Garden, Gardening in a northern climate, Gardening in a short season under 80 days, homestead, Short season garden, Willowcreekfarm | 7 Comments

High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening : Overcoming Soil Challanges.

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening: Overcoming Soil Challenges Guest Post by WillowCreakFarm Part 3 of 5 This is the third post in our High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening series. You can read the other two by clicking the links below: Introduction Overcoming the Terrain … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens, Garden | Tagged Cold Climate Gardening, Gardening, Gardening in a northern climate, Gardening in a short season under 80 days, Homesteading, Making Compost, Raised beds in the homastead gardens, Willowcreekfarm | 4 Comments

High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening Series Part 1

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening Series Part 1 of 5 Guest Posts by Willow Creek Farm Farmgal “As my readers know, I love to garden, its a huge part of our farm and our life all year long.. I also enjoy reading … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Garden, homestead | Tagged Cold Climate Gardening, Gardening in a northern climate, Gardening in a short season under 80 days, Gardening on a slope, Gardening on the side of a mountain | 6 Comments

Lettuce in Labrador- A study in history

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

This is a outstanding article and I am not going to copy it onto the blog, its well worth the time to head over to their site and read it in full http://canadashistory.ca/Magazine/Online-Extension/Articles/Lettuce-Labrador But I will pull out a few … Continue reading →