Alberta Elm Pruning Ban Starts April 1st in Alberta. Right here and now in Calgary there is a behind the scenes battle going on with a tree disease that has preyed on our Elm stands in North America for many years. Luckily we have remained free of Dutch Elm Disease, due in no small part [...]
The Melt With the heavy melting we saw in Calgary last week, I was outside shoveling snow off of my lawn and moving it to an uncovered spot underneath our Spruce tree. Although the weather troubles at the Vancouver Olympics have likely given Snow farming a whole new meaning, for us in the chinook zone [...]
Working in the garden is the last thing most people are thinking about at this time of year, but some people will use this time to have some tree and shrub issues corrected. You see, fall and winter are great times to prune. In the dormant season, insect and disease problems are much less likely [...]
