Hello from Northern Canada

[heirloomgal]

Welcome! Nice to meet you @heirloomgal.

Thank you @JanetMarie !

 

[flowerbug]

Hi everybody,

After spending the last few months on TEG, I was curious about this sister site. I've peeked in a few times now and have enjoyed reading through many of the posts on here. Such a great site! One of my primary interests in self sufficiency is food security, particularly in regards to OP seeds; selecting, ways of increasing/speeding germination, harvest techniques and ideal storage. I'm trying to build a heritage seed ark. I'm about 5 years into 'construction'.

I live in the suburbs, but I'm using up the property as best I can for growing as large a diversity of food and seed crops as I can. I very much try to live by the idea of 'food as medicine'. I'd love to have some chickens, but zoning won't allow it here. Yet! I'm hoping that may change someday as appeals continue to be put forward to that original decision.

Being northerly the shorter season is a bit of a challenge, but I have a small 12 X 8 greenhouse that helps me add a bit of extra time to the season. Overcoming and outsmarting wildlife pillaging my plants and seeds is one of my next major goals!

welcome aboard!

 

[heirloomgal]

Thank you @Hinotori !

Welcome from Western Washington state!

 

[heirloomgal]

Howdy, and welcome!

What latitude are you at?

I am at latitude 59.

Thanks @Alaskan ! I'm in Northern Ontario, I believe the latitude here is 46. I guess you and I probably have somewhat similar seasons, at least in terms of length of summer and bitterly cold winters. We don't usually go much below -37 though, and I've read parts of Alaska can go into the minus 50's.

 

[baymule]

You celebrate at single digits, I am struggling to survive it. We aren’t set up for that kind of cold. No snow plows here either, snow shuts everything down.

 

[heirloomgal]

You celebrate at single digits, I am struggling to survive it. We aren’t set up for that kind of cold. No snow plows here either, snow shuts everything down.

How rare is it to get into those low temperatures? Do you get regular frost at a point in your growing season?

 

[heirloomgal]

We had that one year, in the over 20 years I have been here... I felt like we were living in a hobbit hole!

Exactly!

 

[The Porch]

🍁🌲 🌲🍁

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

Welcome!