Gardening That Grows With Me
I’m trying to do better at record-keeping. I’ve tried regular diary journals, garden journals and home-made journals but I’m flighty about bringing a paper journal out into the greenhouse and garden. I do tend to take pictures with my camera so starting in the fall of 2023 I’m going to try and keep a record here from my camera and phone notes. I’ve entered some information from sowing early 2023 from my paper entries as a starting point.
Weather: clear sky | Temp: 8.56 Celsius | Max Temp: 12.6 Celsius | Min Temp: 4.13 Celsius | Morning Temp: 7.37 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 4.89 Celsius | Evening Temp: 4.47 Celsius | Night Temp: 12.6 Celsius | Humidity: 80% | Max Wind: 7.92 km/h | Clouds: 0% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 07:11 | Sunset: 16:59
Turned summer compost and fall leaves collected so far. Compost was heating to 140F by October 30 from all the mulched leaves.
Weather: clear sky | Temp: 14.96 Celsius | Max Temp: 20.11 Celsius | Min Temp: 7.59 Celsius | Morning Temp: 11.82 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 10.91 Celsius | Evening Temp: 9.6 Celsius | Night Temp: 20.11 Celsius | Humidity: 80% | Max Wind: 7.83 km/h | Clouds: 3% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 07:23 | Sunset: 18:54
All the rain really helped the potato crop this year. Biggest harvest ever. Drying in the basement before storing on wooden racks.
Potato varieties for 2023 (all from Eagle Creek Seed Potatoes except Russian Blue which were our own)
Grew only one variety of squash this year – Honeynut from Baker Creek. Very sweet butternut and nice small size, perfect for a single meal for two.
Weather: light rain | Temp: 15.91 Celsius | Max Temp: 18.75 Celsius | Min Temp: 11.88 Celsius | Morning Temp: 15.26 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 13.18 Celsius | Evening Temp: 14.89 Celsius | Night Temp: 18.75 Celsius | Humidity: 94% | Max Wind: 5.97 km/h | Clouds: 89% | Rain: 1.31 mm | Sunrise: 07:02 | Sunset: 19:29
Trying micro tomatoes in the greenhouse this winter. First sowing today, 3 varieties:
Seeds came from Moonglow Gardens in Morinville, Alberta
Weather: overcast clouds | Temp: 20.56 Celsius | Max Temp: 24.58 Celsius | Min Temp: 14.28 Celsius | Morning Temp: 19.77 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 15.44 Celsius | Evening Temp: 20.43 Celsius | Night Temp: 24.58 Celsius | Humidity: 89% | Max Wind: 6.37 km/h | Clouds: 97% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 06:24 | Sunset: 20:28
Onions did very well this year with all the rain and cooler weather. While we’ve been eating onions for a few weeks, this is the final harvest drying in the barn along with the garlic.
Weather: clear sky | Temp: 18.32 Celsius | Max Temp: 24.59 Celsius | Min Temp: 7.49 Celsius | Morning Temp: 15.59 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 8.69 Celsius | Evening Temp: 19.28 Celsius | Night Temp: 22.15 Celsius | Humidity: 78% | Max Wind: 2.9 km/h | Clouds: 0% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 05:48 | Sunset: 20:48
I’ve been staking my tomatoes for several years now but this year I decided to go with a full trellis system. All were planted on May 27. Garlic and onions in the background.
Weather: overcast clouds | Temp: 16.55 Celsius | Max Temp: 20.84 Celsius | Min Temp: 7.84 Celsius | Morning Temp: 12.73 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 9.04 Celsius | Evening Temp: 14.13 Celsius | Night Temp: 20.84 Celsius | Humidity: 51% | Max Wind: 4.23 km/h | Clouds: 100% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 06:05 | Sunset: 20:29
It’s still been fairly cold out. Started cucurbits.
Weather: light rain | Temp: 9.01 Celsius | Max Temp: 11.82 Celsius | Min Temp: 6.09 Celsius | Morning Temp: 8.49 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 6.66 Celsius | Evening Temp: 9.32 Celsius | Night Temp: 9.83 Celsius | Humidity: 93% | Max Wind: 6.03 km/h | Clouds: 89% | Rain: 3.57 mm | Sunrise: 06:12 | Sunset: 20:24
While we’ve been eating lettuce out of the cold frame for a while, this is the first lettuce planting in the herb bed. Also, put in cold-season herbs and chamomile. For hardy herbs like thyme, sage and oregano I pull and split previous season’s plants to keep the size in check.
Weather: broken clouds | Temp: 9.75 Celsius | Max Temp: 14.08 Celsius | Min Temp: 5.26 Celsius | Morning Temp: 6.16 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 5.8 Celsius | Evening Temp: 9.75 Celsius | Night Temp: 14.08 Celsius | Humidity: 64% | Max Wind: 5.7 km/h | Clouds: 82% | Rain: 0.76 mm | Sunrise: 06:20 | Sunset: 20:17
Cool season crops in – cabbage, onions, swiss chard, lettuce and kale
Weather: light rain | Temp: 4.01 Celsius | Max Temp: 9.18 Celsius | Min Temp: 1.4 Celsius | Morning Temp: 3.53 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 2.21 Celsius | Evening Temp: 7.58 Celsius | Night Temp: 7.27 Celsius | Humidity: 81% | Max Wind: 6.33 km/h | Clouds: 38% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 06:24 | Sunset: 20:13
Greenhouse is full, certainly waiting for the weather to warm up.
Weather: overcast clouds | Temp: 2.62 Celsius | Max Temp: 3.9 Celsius | Min Temp: 0.86 Celsius | Morning Temp: 1.89 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 1.88 Celsius | Evening Temp: 2.11 Celsius | Night Temp: 3.61 Celsius | Humidity: 85% | Max Wind: 8.56 km/h | Clouds: 96% | Rain: 4.03 mm | Sunrise: 06:36 | Sunset: 20:05
Started a few peas on April 4, poor germination (old seed), so I seeded a few more on April 17.
Weather: clear sky | Temp: 8.39 Celsius | Max Temp: 17.9 Celsius | Min Temp: 1.18 Celsius | Morning Temp: 6.77 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 1.65 Celsius | Evening Temp: 10.57 Celsius | Night Temp: 12.6 Celsius | Humidity: 79% | Max Wind: 4.44 km/h | Clouds: 0% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 06:49 | Sunset: 19:55
Pruned boxwoods, yews, and the false cypress from the 7th to the 10th.
Update: we had a cold snap, and I thought my decision to spring prune the boxwoods would be a disaster. However, while they had a slow start, the boxwoods still looked great once they set new growth for the season, and I did not have to prune again except for a few longer tips.
Weather: light rain | Temp: 4.06 Celsius | Max Temp: 10.24 Celsius | Min Temp: 0.65 Celsius | Morning Temp: 2.04 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 1.55 Celsius | Evening Temp: 3.12 Celsius | Night Temp: 9.05 Celsius | Humidity: 77% | Max Wind: 13.1 km/h | Clouds: 98% | Rain: 2.18 mm | Sunrise: 07:15 | Sunset: 19:38
Brought plants indoors again. We have more severe cold predicted and the heaters in my greenhouse are blowing fuses when the both run for too long on cold nights trying to keep the greenhouse warm enough for warm crops.
Weather: overcast clouds | Temp: 3.7 Celsius | Max Temp: 10 Celsius | Min Temp: 2.12 Celsius | Morning Temp: 4.09 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 3.42 Celsius | Evening Temp: 3.82 Celsius | Night Temp: 4.8 Celsius | Humidity: 64% | Max Wind: 8.16 km/h | Clouds: 93% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 07:24 | Sunset: 19:32
Another big sowing week.
Weather: overcast clouds | Temp: 3.7 Celsius | Max Temp: 10 Celsius | Min Temp: 2.12 Celsius | Morning Temp: 4.09 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 3.42 Celsius | Evening Temp: 3.82 Celsius | Night Temp: 4.8 Celsius | Humidity: 64% | Max Wind: 8.16 km/h | Clouds: 93% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 07:24 | Sunset: 19:32
14 – 20 days after sowing,
I may have kept some of the seed trays too wet which may have impacted germination, especially for surface sown plants.
Weather: clear sky | Temp: -1.56 Celsius | Max Temp: 5.31 Celsius | Min Temp: -3.23 Celsius | Morning Temp: -1.21 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -2.35 Celsius | Evening Temp: -0.02 Celsius | Night Temp: -0.61 Celsius | Humidity: 66% | Max Wind: 8.68 km/h | Clouds: 2% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 07:26 | Sunset: 19:31
Two year old seed did not germinate well so I had to buy another package from the grocery store. I ended up with:
Marigold Climax Mixed Colours from Burpee (note these ended up being really tall!)
Also note to self for next year: in hindsight, this was too early for what I needed for the veggie garden and I did not like the Marigolds for pots. So sow later next year and stick to the basic variety for the veggie garden.
Weather: clear sky | Temp: -1.56 Celsius | Max Temp: 5.31 Celsius | Min Temp: -3.23 Celsius | Morning Temp: -1.21 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -2.35 Celsius | Evening Temp: -0.02 Celsius | Night Temp: -0.61 Celsius | Humidity: 66% | Max Wind: 8.68 km/h | Clouds: 2% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 07:26 | Sunset: 19:31
Salvia is growing well, after 6 weeks potted up seeds in 6-cells to Bootstrap Farm 32-cell sized pots. Sirius Blue seems to be stronger from germination through growing.
Weather: overcast clouds | Temp: -0.02 Celsius | Max Temp: 3.84 Celsius | Min Temp: -1.72 Celsius | Morning Temp: -0.13 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -1.48 Celsius | Evening Temp: -0.93 Celsius | Night Temp: 3.41 Celsius | Humidity: 79% | Max Wind: 9.05 km/h | Clouds: 100% | Rain: 7.38 mm | Sunrise: 06:44 | Sunset: 18:19
Annual salvia in 6-cell packs after one month. Very varied sizes.
Weather: overcast clouds | Temp: -0.02 Celsius | Max Temp: 3.84 Celsius | Min Temp: -1.72 Celsius | Morning Temp: -0.13 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -1.48 Celsius | Evening Temp: -0.93 Celsius | Night Temp: 3.41 Celsius | Humidity: 79% | Max Wind: 9.05 km/h | Clouds: 100% | Rain: 7.38 mm | Sunrise: 06:44 | Sunset: 18:19
Pansies doing well after pricking out. Should be able to stay in 2 inch pot until planting into outside pots.
Weather: snow | Temp: -0.22 Celsius | Max Temp: 2.03 Celsius | Min Temp: -3.3 Celsius | Morning Temp: -0.22 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -0.03 Celsius | Evening Temp: -3.3 Celsius | Night Temp: 2.03 Celsius | Humidity: 61% | Max Wind: 8.36 km/h | Clouds: 100% | Rain: 2.38 mm | Sunrise: 06:49 | Sunset: 18:15
Had to break this weeks seed starts into two days.
Angelonia (Stokes) – Serena Purple, Serena Blue, Serena Rose, 10 pelleted seeds per pack, 6-cell
Bacopa (Swallowtail) – Bluetopia, Pinktopia – 11-12 multi-pelleted seeds per pack, seeded in 6-cell
Dusty Miller (Swallowtail) – New Look and Silverdust – pelleted seed, 100 per pack, 6 cell
Gomphrena (Stokes) – Ping Pong Purple, Ping Pong Lavender, Las Vegas Purple – 25 seeds per pack, 3 x 6 cells each
Basil
Thyme
Parsley
Celery
Weather: clear sky | Temp: 0.65 Celsius | Max Temp: 3.7 Celsius | Min Temp: -3.31 Celsius | Morning Temp: 0 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -3.12 Celsius | Evening Temp: -1.14 Celsius | Night Temp: 3.7 Celsius | Humidity: 93% | Max Wind: 6.44 km/h | Clouds: 0% | Rain: 1.03 mm | Sunrise: 06:51 | Sunset: 18:14
Lots of annuals to start this week. Today I sowed:
Alternanthera (Swallowtail): There were only 11 seeds in the package, so watch when ordering next year. Seeded in 6-cell packs, 1 seed per.
Dichondra (Swallowtail, Silver Falls and Emerald Falls): 10 multi-pelleted seeds per package. Seeded in 2 x 6-cell trays.
Kirigami Ornamental Oregano (Swallowtail) As with all oregano very tiny seeds. Dropped few seeds in each cell 6-cell pack.
Bachelors Button: Classic Artistic Mix Bakers Creek last years seed. Sowed in 6-cell pack.
Weather: scattered clouds | Temp: -1.93 Celsius | Max Temp: 2.31 Celsius | Min Temp: -3.18 Celsius | Morning Temp: 0.57 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -2.38 Celsius | Evening Temp: -1.4 Celsius | Night Temp: -0.16 Celsius | Humidity: 91% | Max Wind: 6.72 km/h | Clouds: 26% | Rain: 0.96 mm | Sunrise: 06:59 | Sunset: 18:08
I used Marigold mainly in the vegetable garden. Sowed in 6-cell trays on March 1 this year, 11 weeks before my first frost date.
I sowed 2-year-old McKenzie Queen Sophia seeds as well as Strawberry Blond (Stokes and new for me) to try in pots.
Weather: scattered clouds | Temp: -1.93 Celsius | Max Temp: 2.31 Celsius | Min Temp: -3.18 Celsius | Morning Temp: 0.57 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -2.38 Celsius | Evening Temp: -1.4 Celsius | Night Temp: -0.16 Celsius | Humidity: 91% | Max Wind: 6.72 km/h | Clouds: 26% | Rain: 0.96 mm | Sunrise: 06:59 | Sunset: 18:08
Salvia seeds germinated very well, although interestingly the one year old Sirius Blue seed from Bakers Creek germinated better than the new Victoria Blue from Stokes. I may have pressed the soil a little too hard into the cell packs and it might be worth trying to germinate Salvia in single trays and transplanting small seed starts later.
I split those with 2 seedlings per cell and repotted them into new 6-cell packs.
Weather: snow | Temp: -1.84 Celsius | Max Temp: 0.47 Celsius | Min Temp: -2.77 Celsius | Morning Temp: -1.48 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 0.22 Celsius | Evening Temp: -0.06 Celsius | Night Temp: -1.35 Celsius | Humidity: 95% | Max Wind: 9.95 km/h | Clouds: 100% | Rain: 12.68 mm | Sunrise: 07:01 | Sunset: 18:07
I got 90% germination on pansies, both varieties did well. The small 6-cell pack is staying very wet so maybe try next year sowing in a seeding tray and then pricking out.
Repotted up into 2 inch pots.
Weather: overcast clouds | Temp: -4.09 Celsius | Max Temp: 1.42 Celsius | Min Temp: -3.69 Celsius | Morning Temp: -3.69 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -1.73 Celsius | Evening Temp: -0.78 Celsius | Night Temp: -2.84 Celsius | Humidity: 88% | Max Wind: 7.51 km/h | Clouds: 89% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 07:04 | Sunset: 18:04
Sowed onion seeds including some 2022 seeds left over.
Weather: overcast clouds | Temp: -4.09 Celsius | Max Temp: 1.42 Celsius | Min Temp: -3.69 Celsius | Morning Temp: -3.69 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -1.73 Celsius | Evening Temp: -0.78 Celsius | Night Temp: -2.84 Celsius | Humidity: 88% | Max Wind: 7.51 km/h | Clouds: 89% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 07:04 | Sunset: 18:04
Growing Marine Heliotrope (Swallowtail Seeds) for the first time. I love the smell of Heliotrope so wanted to try growing my own.
Sowed 4 Bootstrap Farmer pots (32-cell size) with a few seeds each as I understand germination is hard. Covered VERY lightly just to be able to water and placed on heat mats to germinate.
This is 12 weeks before my last frost date.
Weather: overcast clouds | Temp: -1.54 Celsius | Max Temp: 2.86 Celsius | Min Temp: -5.59 Celsius | Morning Temp: -1.2 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -0.11 Celsius | Evening Temp: -5.38 Celsius | Night Temp: 2.86 Celsius | Humidity: 93% | Max Wind: 7.18 km/h | Clouds: 100% | Rain: 10.42 mm | Sunrise: 07:18 | Sunset: 17:52
Last January I took some cuttings from the rosemary plant growing in my cold frame and tried rooting them in water. All did well although it took a long time. I potted up the resulting rooted plants today. This is a much quicker way to get rosemary than starting from seed.
Weather: clear sky | Temp: 1.24 Celsius | Max Temp: 7.59 Celsius | Min Temp: -2.96 Celsius | Morning Temp: 1.17 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -1.73 Celsius | Evening Temp: -2.44 Celsius | Night Temp: 7.4 Celsius | Humidity: 91% | Max Wind: 8.47 km/h | Clouds: 1% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 07:22 | Sunset: 17:48
Warm out so tapped our maple trees early this year. We’ll see if the weather holds and whether the sap will run this early. This year we tapped the red maple in the back bush, the columnar red maple in the woodland garden and our Norway maple. Our sugar maple is still too small for tapping.
Weather: clear sky | Temp: 2.29 Celsius | Max Temp: 7.68 Celsius | Min Temp: -3.13 Celsius | Morning Temp: 1.04 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -2.8 Celsius | Evening Temp: -1.38 Celsius | Night Temp: 7 Celsius | Humidity: 83% | Max Wind: 7.83 km/h | Clouds: 3% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 07:23 | Sunset: 17:47
Transplanted lettuce starts into the cold frame, 13 weeks before our last frost date. The soil was soft and warm so could try pushing even earlier next year.
Weather: overcast clouds | Temp: 2.9 Celsius | Max Temp: 6.78 Celsius | Min Temp: -0.01 Celsius | Morning Temp: 3.18 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 1.89 Celsius | Evening Temp: -0.01 Celsius | Night Temp: 6.78 Celsius | Humidity: 82% | Max Wind: 9.04 km/h | Clouds: 87% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 07:30 | Sunset: 17:40
Last year I bought an annual salvia in a pot late fall and it was a stunner. I did some research and think it was similar to Victoria Blue so I decided to try growing my own annual salvia this year.
I tried three varieties – all surfaced sowed, and placed on a heat mat with a humidity dome, 14 weeks before my expected last frost date
Weather: light snow | Temp: -2.59 Celsius | Max Temp: -0.12 Celsius | Min Temp: -17.5 Celsius | Morning Temp: -5.58 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -11.26 Celsius | Evening Temp: -16.89 Celsius | Night Temp: -0.5 Celsius | Humidity: 87% | Max Wind: 9.89 km/h | Clouds: 97% | Rain: 1.16 mm | Sunrise: 07:36 | Sunset: 17:33
We’ve had extreme cold again since January 30. Both heaters are above the tables, no fan. I set heaters to 20C, and the results the last few days were as follows:
Jan 30: -9C low outside, greenhouse held to 10C, no fan
Feb 2: -11C low outside, greenhouse low 7C
Feb 3: high -14C, low -23C overnight, greenhouse coldest spot was only 2.3C, so just above freezing.
Weather: light snow | Temp: -2.59 Celsius | Max Temp: -0.12 Celsius | Min Temp: -17.5 Celsius | Morning Temp: -5.58 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -11.26 Celsius | Evening Temp: -16.89 Celsius | Night Temp: -0.5 Celsius | Humidity: 87% | Max Wind: 9.89 km/h | Clouds: 97% | Rain: 1.16 mm | Sunrise: 07:36 | Sunset: 17:33
The low was -23C according to the weather network. The greenhouse did manage to stay above freezing but the lowest recorded temp was 2.3C, not warm enough for most of the plants and a little too close to freezing for comfort.
Weather: overcast clouds | Temp: -3.24 Celsius | Max Temp: -1.35 Celsius | Min Temp: -3.69 Celsius | Morning Temp: -3.24 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -2.82 Celsius | Evening Temp: -3.47 Celsius | Night Temp: -1.67 Celsius | Humidity: 94% | Max Wind: 6.92 km/h | Clouds: 99% | Rain: 0.78 mm | Sunrise: 07:42 | Sunset: 17:24
I brought all the plants from the greenhouse into the house as a precaution. An upcoming extreme cold warning is predicted for next week with lows to reach below -20 Celcius. I’m not confident the greenhouse can keep up.
Weather: light snow | Temp: -1.54 Celsius | Max Temp: 0.55 Celsius | Min Temp: -2.91 Celsius | Morning Temp: -1.41 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -2.69 Celsius | Evening Temp: -2.81 Celsius | Night Temp: -0.4 Celsius | Humidity: 95% | Max Wind: 4.73 km/h | Clouds: 100% | Rain: 3.44 mm | Sunrise: 07:46 | Sunset: 17:19
Started lettuce, 1 6-cell pack, to be transplanted into the cold frame in February. This is 16 weeks before our last frost date and the earliest I’ve ever started lettuce for transplanting.
Weather: light snow | Temp: -1.54 Celsius | Max Temp: 0.55 Celsius | Min Temp: -2.91 Celsius | Morning Temp: -1.41 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -2.69 Celsius | Evening Temp: -2.81 Celsius | Night Temp: -0.4 Celsius | Humidity: 95% | Max Wind: 4.73 km/h | Clouds: 100% | Rain: 3.44 mm | Sunrise: 07:46 | Sunset: 17:19
Sowed pansies in the greenhouse for the 2023 season. I am trying a second variety this year. Trumpets Mix produces very large showing pansies but I don’t order much from Bakers Creek anymore so I want to test another source. This was 16 weeks before my expected last frost date and the first sowing for 2023.
I tried two varieties this year – one from last year and a new variety to compare.
Sowed 72-cell tray of Trumpets Mix, and 32-cell Bootstrap Farmer tray of Swiss Giant. 2-3 seeds per cell. Covered both lightly and placed on a heat mat as the greenhouse is still running a bit cold this time of year.
Weather: clear sky | Temp: -7.1 Celsius | Max Temp: -0.95 Celsius | Min Temp: -10.54 Celsius | Morning Temp: -6.69 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -10.51 Celsius | Evening Temp: -10 Celsius | Night Temp: -4.06 Celsius | Humidity: 93% | Max Wind: 4.32 km/h | Clouds: 0% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 07:50 | Sunset: 17:09
Turned greenhouse heaters down a bit. Breakers stayed on, but the temperature in the greenhouse fell to 4.7C.
Weather: overcast clouds | Temp: -4.9 Celsius | Max Temp: -3.29 Celsius | Min Temp: -9.96 Celsius | Morning Temp: -4.58 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: -8.09 Celsius | Evening Temp: -9.82 Celsius | Night Temp: -3.51 Celsius | Humidity: 85% | Max Wind: 6.5 km/h | Clouds: 93% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 07:51 | Sunset: 17:07
I brought all greenhouse plants indoors last night as we have another extreme cold warning ahead, and electric heaters are not keeping up.
Heaters FAILED at 2am – breakers blew – greenhouse temps fell to -6.1C (outdoors was -17C per my sensors)
Weather: broken clouds | Temp: 1.24 Celsius | Max Temp: 2.33 Celsius | Min Temp: 0.73 Celsius | Morning Temp: 1.46 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 1.12 Celsius | Evening Temp: 0.81 Celsius | Night Temp: 2.03 Celsius | Humidity: 92% | Max Wind: 5.37 km/h | Clouds: 54% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 07:53 | Sunset: 17:00
Limbed-up blue spruce on the northeast side of the house. The tree was dead around the bottom as Miss Kim lilacs were growing into it. Consider taking out these lilacs as they are growing too large in size for the space.
Weather: light rain | Temp: 2.35 Celsius | Max Temp: 4.09 Celsius | Min Temp: 2.43 Celsius | Morning Temp: 3.37 Celsius | Afternoon Temp: 3.7 Celsius | Evening Temp: 2.55 Celsius | Night Temp: 3.09 Celsius | Humidity: 94% | Max Wind: 3.32 km/h | Clouds: 100% | Rain: 0 mm | Sunrise: 07:53 | Sunset: 16:55
Pruned large branches from inside and at the bottom of the hedge maple to downsize as much as possible. I’ll need to have it professionally trimmed eventually as the inside top centre is lower than the outside branches which are curving up.