by RobtheHortGod | Apr 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
One of the things that I’ve spent much of my working career doing is to sort out different problems that occur in different crops. When I moved to Alberta almost 20 years ago, I started working a lot with fruit crops. Since this is the Canadian Prairies, that meant...
by RobtheHortGod | Apr 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
This is Part 2 of the series “Tis the Season for New Ideas…” Read Part 1 here As I mentioned in Part 1, I love the celebration of newness that comes at this time of year. It’s (almost) spring (or, well, it’s spring somewhere…), or it will be if...
by RobtheHortGod | Apr 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Happy Easter Monday! I love the symbolism of all of the different elements of the Easter season. As a religious person, I appreciate the impact that the celebration of the events associated with this season has on my life. As a horticulturist, I love the celebration...
by RobtheHortGod | Mar 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Pre-season / Early Season fertilizing strategies With spring poised to … well … spring (at least after winter gets the last few kicks in), we start to turn our minds towards getting things ready for our soon-to-be-growing plants. If you have any perennial fruit...
by RobtheHortGod | Mar 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s getting to the end of winter, and most of the orchard pruning will mostly be wrapped up. In case you ever wondered “Why bother?”, I dusted off and reworked something I put together years ago, outlining some of the “Why?” behind pruning. Why (generally)? Pruning...
