Canadian Growers Thread - Canucks Represent!

Sugar Pops420

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@OldMedUser As for that frost… Here in Parkland, we just keep our eyes out for the snow geese and we know the next week it’s old man winter’s time for his visit.
The local geese have changed their tune in effort to get their young ready for the trip, and I’ve been watching the fields a lot more lately (the Canada geese and snow geese tend to congregate here) though its been unseasonably warm here.
Im still out in a t-shirt feeding the horses??
 
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We have a 25 year old Belgium that pulls a snow plow for us..She used to pull bails to feed cattle at a different farm and now here, she’s semi retired, but you can see her eyes light up when she gets called to work. It’s almost like she’s laughing at the other horses. We have a Percheron that she will be training this winter too.. he was pulling the harrow around in the spring in effort to de-spook him from having something behind him (attached)..
THAT WAS FUN!…lol
if ya ever see a 300 lb harrow flying in the air, you’re probably at my place.. stop in, coffee is always on!…lol
 
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Psychobilly said:
I think we had a Frost this morning; It was 30 degrees when I got up (About -1 Celsius ?..... I forgot it's been a while) but I didn't have time to see how the plants were this morning as we had to leave. I'll check them when I get back though; I don't expect much damage really.
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BRRR…lol


Princess, all harnessed up and ready to go.. had the wife hold the reins while I took the pic. I‘m not heavy enough in the plow( wood triangle thing behind the horse) so I have to put tires in there as well, or she just runs.. (Exactly what you don’t want)..


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I do love beef :)

Just came back from the garden to see what happened with the frost this morning; pulled about 2.5 grams of bud rot off, got finger hash on me and needed hand sanitizer...

Purple, red, orange, and pink are out there looking great! GMO and the Chem D #1 Seedling look like Fall colors ....like seriously... the odd red orange colors of other leaves are showing up.
 
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Amarok said:
A reminder that while 99% of the time black bears are chickenshits,
the other 1% is often tragic.

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Actually, the black bears anywhere near the mountains are more aggressive than Grizzly bears according to the game wardens in Banff/Canmore. His reasoning was that “they have to compete with Grizzlies”… They hurt more people in Banff Nation Park than Grizzlies too.
It wasn’t uncommon to see both species walk through town when I lived there.. ( Canmore) They would come and find the crab apple trees and park there all day eating all they could before winter hit.
 
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Sugar Pops420 said:
Actually, the black bears anywhere near the mountains are more aggressive than Grizzly bears according to the game wardens in Banff/Canmore. His reasoning was that “they have to compete with Grizzlies”… They hurt more people in Banff Nation Park than Grizzlies too.
It wasn’t uncommon to see both species walk through town when I lived there.. ( Canmore) They would come and find the crab apple trees and park there all day eating all they could before winter hit.
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I consider the Parks a special case. They are not typical in terrain or population density in relation to most Alberta black bear populations. Like you say, they have to compete with grizzlies, there are introduced fruit trees to attract them, there are hiking trails everywhere covered with people from around the planet, and there are always going to be moron tourists who feed them and cause them to lose their fear of humans.

This is happening in Jasper right now.

It is different outside those unique places. I grew up on the foothills east of Nordegg. We camped and fished and motor biked all around that area in the 70s and 80s and 90s. While tracks and scat were common, actually seeing or interacting with a black bear was very rare. If we did see them and they saw us, they couldn't get away fast enough. I walked many miles alone along Prairie Creek and Shunda Creek and Baseline Creek and a bunch of unnamed ones starting at around 6 or 7 years old and never had any negative interactions with wildlife.
I will always feel safer in the bush than in any city.
 
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Amarok said:
I consider the Parks a special case. They are not typical in terrain or population density in relation to most Alberta black bear populations. Like you say, they have to compete with grizzlies, there are introduced fruit trees to attract them, there are hiking trails everywhere covered with people from around the planet, and there are always going to be moron tourists who feed them and cause them to lose their fear of humans.

This is happening in Jasper right now.

It is different outside those unique places. I grew up on the foothills east of Nordegg. We camped and fished and motor biked all around that area in the 70s and 80s and 90s. While tracks and scat were common, actually seeing or interacting with a black bear was very rare. If we did see them and they saw us, they couldn't get away fast enough. I walked many miles alone along Prairie Creek and Shunda Creek and Baseline Creek and a bunch of unnamed ones starting at around 6 or 7 years old and never had any negative interactions with wildlife.
I will always feel safer in the bush than in any city.
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Man after my heart!
I love it out by Nordegg, Abraham is a sweet place to hunt for cool rocks and a bit of gold too!
But I agree, it isn’t the bears I had issues with either… Fuckin’ people!…
 
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