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My two flower baskets are still going. I cheated and brought them in for a couple of days when we had the snow, but they’ve been out...

Some of this years crop, we grow most of this in a 16' x 3' raised garden bed that I built. This year i built a removable cover to use...

I remember back when I took horticulture in high school, we were taught the average number of frost free days for Calgary was 105. It...

We're now at 134 days above biological zero (4⁰). Crazy that our previous record was 110.

I mean we've already matched the record, so thats fine.

Ending the month of September with an average high of 24⁰ and an average low of 9⁰ is crazyyy.

Picked some more apples today. I’ve been getting full sized apples since the end of August and with no frost in forecast for 14 days...

Definitely gonna smash this record. A bunch of others will fall this season as well.

Here's another similar threshold that illustrates the warming local climate, particularly at nights in the summer - most days over 10...

I think this is one of the more noticeable climate change impacts. Over the past 30 years Calgary's growing season has extended 2 to 4...

Another interesting factoid from https://www.reddit.com/r/CalgaryWxRecords/ . Longest streak of above 4 degrees in history, pushing...

Looks like we are coming close to having water restrictions now, doubt it will happen as garden season is ending and water use should...

It's been one of the better summers in recent memory for plants, particularly trees. All the stats don't easily reflect it, but the...

I flew in yesterday and from the plane was shocked how green Calgary and area is. Usually by now everything's a mix of light green...

Damn, Springbank airport area must be super green and lush this summer!! lol