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[SHADEGARDENS] My intro

Hi everyone. Thanks for the welcome. I live in Alberta, Canada in the part of Zone 3. where we have the good fortune :) to have Chinooks in the winter. This adds winter kill as a distinct possibility each & every year. With temperatures as low as -35 C (-32 F) this year and as high as 13+ C (55 F), plants take quite a beating. This year, thanks to El Nino, we were waiting for snow and watering and mulching in mid-December.

Although my vegetable garden is in the sun, I have a lot of work to do where there is no sun or where it is only sunny in the evening in mid-summer when we have about 18+ hours of daylight.. Our soil is mostly clay so augmentation and a solid spade handle are necessary.

Once it gets warm enough to garden, I find it very difficult to do the work that is necessary to keep me in plants! Even the most mundane gardening tasks are more interesting than work work. I planted a bunch of bulbs and am hoping the dry conditions of fall and winter did not harm them. Shall have to wait for spring.

I'm just beginning a Master Gardener course and am reading all the catalogues in anticipation of planting.

Hope 1998 is a great growing year for us all!

Joan
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