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GuidesGardening

Growing Pumpkins

January 18, 2025 8 min to read

Learn how to grow pumpkins in Zone 3 Alberta. From seed starting and soil needs to pest prevention, harvest tips, and cleaning vines, get local gardening advice.

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A fenced vegetable garden with young plants thrives under a cloudy sky, set against the backdrop of a vast field by Owl Creek Farm.
Life in AlbertaGardening

Weeding

July 6, 2021 4 min to read

Back in 2008, in my very first garden blog post, I said that I hated weeding. And that was true for a lot of years. Weeding is not easy on …

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Contest Winner!

October 13, 2008 1 min to read

Our pumpkins are done growing, the one I photographed weeks ago has barely grown, so I went ahead and picked it, as it was the largest. Perhaps because of the …

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Gardening

Identify this pumpkin!

September 11, 2008 1 min to read

[image links are broken after several hosting moves, hoping to find backups somewhere] I planted 2 kids of pumpkins, both Burpee, one is a “Prizewinner Hybrid” and the other 2 …

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Gardening

It’s the great pumpkin, Charlie Brown

August 5, 2008 0 min to read

[image links are broken after several hosting moves, hoping to find backups somewhere] Or, it will be! I sure wish I could watch this little guy grow up. Then Now: …

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Gardening

The bees and the squashes and the corn

July 27, 2008 1 min to read

Notice: The weeds are taking over. Ignore them and don’t think too badly of me ;) I don’t have enough time to keep them in check lately! I’ve noticed a …

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Gardening

Baby pumpkins

July 22, 2008 1 min to read

We have some pumpkins, just from the hybrid “Prizewinner” plant. This little guy has the potential to grow to 900 lbs. Won’t that be a treat for the new owners …

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GeneralGardening

I died.

June 28, 2008 2 min to read

Really. When I saw the thermometer in my van and it said 106F, I died. Thankfully the a/c brought me back. Well, maybe not so much, it’s still 80 degrees …

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