Everyone is Inuvik is anxious for spring right now. It is so close that it feels like we can touch it but reality is that our muddy/melting season is still here for a while. But I have pulled out my rubber boots and as usual am enjoying all the weather and activities that Inuvik offers us. My favourite parts of this season are the sunlight (that already seems endless) and also love that zero degrees and sun feels SO warm to everyone right now.
As I think about seasons and weather here are some timelines that I generally work with during the garden growing season in Inuvik:
- Early May- Start working in the yard (picking up garbage, raking old grass, taking junk to the dump, cleaning out flower beds)
- Mid- May- Start working in the greenhouse (digging up garden plot and preparing soil)
- May Long Weekend- This is usually planting weekend at the greenhouse.
- First Week of June- Usually the bedding plant sale and time to plant flowers outside. You can usually expect another little cold spurt so have plastic ready to cover your plants if need be.
- End of June- Many plants such as radishes and spinach will be going to seed and it might be time start a new crop of seeds. Many plants think our long days of sunlight is the end of the end of the season and they bolt and go to seed.
- Beginning of September- Time to harvest potatoes and other crops at home.
- End of September- Inuvik Greenhouse closes and crops must all be harvested.
Always lots of tasks to do and lots to keep you busy in the garden and with food production. I think the key is not to abandon your 'duties' as a gardener. Once your produce gets out of control or your lawn becomes a jungle then tasks seem too daunting. A few years ago gardening seemed like a chore to me, or another task on my list of things-to-do but now I try to enjoy the process and treat this as a hobby. Enjoy it all!
S.
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