Most experienced gardeners in Calgary will say you don't need to start watering until April, when you can give your trees and shrubs a big drink, however there is some debate. Even if your soil seems dry on top, if you try digging down a bit, you will probably find it still frozen and/or moist in most areas. If you watered everything in the fall, and have been piling up snow on the garden when you can (I still have just a little more snow left in shady spots), then you're probably fine.
That said, I have 12 large spruce trees on my regular city lot, plus a garden bed under the eaves on the south side of the house where rain or snow never falls. Some of my beds are DRY. I gave them a little drink with the soaker hose this week.
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