Spotted wing drosophila in New Brunswick: When It Shows Up and What Stops It
Spotted wing drosophila doesn’t wait for a calendar. In New Brunswick, this invasive fruit fly typically shows up in traps by early June and builds to…
Gardening in New Brunswick
Everything we have worked out for New Brunswick: what to plant and when, which varieties finish in time, the pests that actually turn up here, and the jobs that pay off month by month. We also cover the rest of the property, from lawns and soil to home care and energy, because a garden rarely stops at the vegetable bed.
The numbers first, because everything else follows from them. Measured at the weather station in Moncton, the last spring freeze falls around May 23 and the first fall freeze falls around October 2, 1,594 growing degree days in the year.
That is enough for early varieties, tight for anything late. Garlic does well: 34.8 weeks below 40 °F, comfortably past the six it needs to form a proper head.
Elsewhere on the property in New Brunswick: the pests that turn up here.
Figures from Environment and Climate Change Canada. A state is not one climate: elevation, a large lake or the coast can move these dates by two weeks either way, so check your own county with the extension service before you spend money.
Cabbage maggot in New Brunswick: When It Shows Up and What Stops It
Cabbage maggot flies start laying eggs in New Brunswick soil as soon as it warms past about 50°F, which in the Maritimes usually lands somewhere between…
Seedcorn maggot in New Brunswick: When It Shows Up and What Stops It
Seedcorn maggot shows up early, right when New Brunswick-area soils are still cold and wet, usually from late April through May, and it hits hardest in…
Winter moth in New Brunswick: When It Shows Up and What Stops It
Winter moth adults take to the air in New Brunswick from late October through December, with wingless females climbing tree trunks, fence posts, and even…
Squash vine borer in New Brunswick: When It Shows Up and What Stops It
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Striped cucumber beetle in New Brunswick: When It Shows Up and What Stops It
Striped cucumber beetles start turning up in New Brunswick gardens in late May to early June, right when cucumber, squash, and melon seedlings push their…
Browntail moth in New Brunswick: When It Shows Up and What Stops It
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The Best Grass Seed for New Brunswick Lawns
Which of the five cool-season grasses suits a New Brunswick lawn, when to seed it, and the mistakes that show up as bare patches by spring.
New Brunswick Lawn Care: What to Plant and When to Feed It
New Brunswick’s cool climate rules out warm-season turf. This explains which cool-season grasses to plant, when to seed, and how to feed them.
Garlic Varieties That Suit New Brunswick Winters
Explains which garlic varieties suit New Brunswick’s winters, when to plant them from the Moncton frost average, and how far that date shifts across the province.