winter garden to-do list: snow farming

Winter finally hit Calgary this week - I walk to work and I finally had to dig out my gloves and hat a couple of days ago!  It has been a long, mild fall so I'm not complaining one bit.  I'm extremely busy in other parts of my life right now (job, family, gearing up for Christmas) so it's actually nice to take an enforced break from gardening.  I will start blogging more again in the new year.

In the meantime, there's not a lot to do in the garden these days except shovel snow.  Remember to shovel it onto your garden, not the street where it will be wasted...

...even my three-year-old knows that!  (I don't usually post photos of my kids but you can barely see her in this one anyway so I figured it was OK!)  She's a great little helper!

Comments

[Serena Kennedy]

A word of caution....If you are shovelling someone else's walks (or your own) after ice melt was previously applied, be careful about scraping the hard pack snow/ice onto the garden. This will increase the salinity of the soil that will become almost sterile for spring planting. Had this particular experience myself...

[Calgary Garden Coach]

Good point, Serena, thanks! I forgot to mention that because I don't use that stuff for that very reason.
Janice

[Calgary Photo Studio]

Thanks for the great tips. I just had my first garden this year and we are getting ready for winter so this will come in handy.