Greetings from PEI

[redmoose]

Another successful catch from your Kijiji ad here.

It's great to see this forum start up. There is a lot of great stuff out there but I always feel kind of left out in other forums where the posters are talking about what kind or oranges they will grow this season or about planting gardens in March.

Here's to lots of chats about how to prevent poultry waterers freezing and the feasibility of gardening in Zone 2!

[niglefritz]

  That is funny. Yes, no oranges here.  

Hey...we have zone 2 here too (although I imagine it is more humid there) and our waterers freeze as well. We put ours closer to the heat lamp. I have heard of others using little heaters that are meant to keep dog dishes, etc. open.

Welcome!

[Ballyrag]

Hey Welcome

Yea every day now we have to bring water down to the chickens, everything is frozen, chickens are happy

We might get to set our Veg. in by end of May if lucky


Big wave from Newfoundland

[Davinci]

Welcome.
I live in BC where you'd think I could grow anything. But owing to the fact that we live in a forest and no sun gets through the trees, I can't grow a damn thing. I keep trying though. And what does grow, the deer get. I am the only person in BC who cannot grow a zucchini!

I love hearing other's garden adventures and I get green, with envy! (that was a little garden humour there, in case anyone missed it  )

[redmoose]

  That is funny. Yes, no oranges here.  

Hey...we have zone 2 here too (although I imagine it is more humid there) and our waterers freeze as well. We put ours closer to the heat lamp. I have heard of others using little heaters that are meant to keep dog dishes, etc. open.

Welcome!

Thanks for the welcome.

I guess we're pretty fortunate here actually.  We're in Zone 5-6 so things do actually grow.  I used to live in Zone 0 (NWT) where the only thing which grew were mosquitoes - lots of mosquitoes.

I have heated waterers for my chickens.  They work a treat and have saved me a huge amount of time and hassle.  The novelty of breaking ice in water bowls and bringing out fresh water 4 times a day wore off about 2 weeks into winter. I gave in and shelled out $100 for 2 heated drinkers.  Money well spent.

[redmoose]

Welcome.
I live in BC where you'd think I could grow anything. But owing to the fact that we live in a forest and no sun gets through the trees, I can't grow a damn thing. I keep trying though. And what does grow, the deer get. I am the only person in BC who cannot grow a zucchini!

I love hearing other's garden adventures and I get green, with envy! (that was a little garden humour there, in case anyone missed it  )

Thanks for the welcome.  

As I wrote above, we used to live in the NWT where I successfully grew lettuce and ... lettuce.  Yes, that was it.  Others were more successful but with more chemical assistance than I wanted to employ.

It's funny how people associate BC with productive soils and abundant produce.  95% (rough guess) of the province is covered in trees and nothing grows there.

[Sweetened]

Welcome welcome welcome from Saskatchewan!

[blackdove]

Welcome from Alberta... also a zone 2 here.

I absolutely love PEI. I would live there in a heartbeat!!!   

[redmoose]

Welcome from Alberta... also a zone 2 here.  

I absolutely love PEI.  I would live there in a heartbeat!!!    

Thanks for the welcome. PEI is wonderful. We've only been here a few years and really love it too. We've eventually managed to get the home and land we were looking for, all for less than the price of a condo in Vancouver.

If your profile location is right, I know your part of the world a bit too. We used to live in the Northwest Territories and our route to the relative civilization that is Edmonton lay through Whitecourt. My kids loved it because of the great little toy store in the mall and the joys of toasting their own bread at Pizza Delight!

[blackdove]

Yep, we are about 25 minutes from Whitecourt. Small world.

My husband is from NB and we spent some time in PEI on our trip home. Was the best few days of my whole trip. But, maybe I was just happy to get away from the inlaws for a couple days. haha. It was the end of September so we got a place right on the beach for next to nothing and it was quiet and just beautiful. I can't wait to go back, it has been too long!

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