Category: Alberta

Apple Trees thrive in Alberta’s cold spring and cooler fall months. Unlike other fruits, flowers and fruit can grow even when there is snow or frost late into the spring. Can fruit trees grow in Calgary? Apple, cherry, plum and pear trees all grow in Calgary’s climate — and you can expect fruit even in […]

Buying an Acreages in Alberta Usually, if you are looking for the best real estate deal, winter is definitely the best time to buy. Is it a good time to buy real estate in Alberta? However, if you’re thinking of buying a house in Edmonton and you have a steady income and good credit, now […]

Recently, increased amounts of water hemlock have been found in the County, as well as across Alberta. In drier springs, the plants will again become much less common. Unfortunately western water hemlock is poisonous to all livestock and to humans. Where does poison hemlock grow in Canada? It is present in the Kootenay, Okanagan, Mainland, […]

The first is late Summer to early Fall, because it helps to give the grassroots a chance to become established before Winter. You can also overseed in the Spring months before Summer, as this is another high growth period for your grass. What is the best month to overseed your lawn? fallHands down, early fall […]

Spring planting Although most summer bulbs don’t survive our colder winters, for an immediate splash of colour you can plant potted bulbs ready to bloom. These bulbs can then be dug up in the fall and stored indoors until planting again after the last frost in the spring. What happens if you plant bulbs in […]

Western snowberries have larger leaves than the common snowberry, and are hairy inside the corolla (where all of the petals connect). The Western snowberry is closely related to the Common snowberry, and as a result its berries are also considered poisonous. What berries are poisonous in Canada? Buckthorn can be found from Saskatchewan to Nova […]

Alberta’s natural resources include mountains, lakes, rivers, fossil fuels, forests and agricultural land. Alberta has two major geological areas: the Rocky Mountains and the Western Sedimentary Basin. What are the non renewable resources in Alberta? NRR helps pay for programs and services, such as health, education and infrastructure for all Albertans. The three largest components […]

South Zone is the area south of Calgary and includes Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. What are the Alberta zones? Edmonton’s Climate Zone Based on the updated map, Edmonton and some of the surrounding area is considered Zone 4a. However, with the extreme and changing weather Alberta is known for, we can still get test winters […]

About 89% of electricity in Alberta is produced from fossil fuels– approximately 36% from coal and 54% from natural gas. What are the top 3 natural resources in Alberta? Alberta has large coal, oil and gas deposits in the Western Sedimentary Basin, which covers most of the province. Its oil resources have been heavily exploited. […]

Deciduous trees can be planted in the spring, as soon as the frost is out of the ground, or in the fall, from leaf-fall until freeze-up. Conifers can be planted early in the spring until four weeks after deciduous trees have opened their leaves, or in the fall, from about the first week of August […]