What to Plant in New Brunswick in April
April in New Brunswick sits well ahead of the average last frost, so open-ground planting stays limited to the toughest crops: peas, hardy greens, onion…
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.
Growing Peppers in New Brunswick: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
New Brunswick almost never gets hot enough to stop pepper fruit set on the heat side.
Growing Potatoes in New Brunswick: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
New Brunswick almost never breaks 90°F. The Moncton climate record shows zero days a year at that mark, so potato foliage keeps working right through…
Pepper Varieties That Ripen in a New Brunswick Season
New Brunswick almost never hits pepper-killing heat: the province’s climate record shows an average of 0.0 days a year at or above 90°F.
Watering Through a Dry Spell in New Brunswick
New Brunswick’s driest summer month brings just 3.18 inches of rain, and the region averages 0.0 days a year at or above 90F.
Watering Pots and Containers in New Brunswick
In New Brunswick, a vegetable bed or container garden gets most of its water from a cool, damp summer, not from carrying a hose.
Forcing Spring Bulbs Indoors in New Brunswick
Forcing spring bulbs indoors works well in New Brunswick, but the reason has nothing to do with a shortage of winter cold. The province has plenty of that.
Growing Spring Bulbs in Containers in New Brunswick
Yes, you can grow spring bulbs in containers here, but the pot changes the rules the ground never applies.
Canning at Altitude in New Brunswick: What Your Elevation Changes
Moncton sits at 98 feet above sea level, and water there boils somewhere between 208°F and 212°F depending on the day’s weather.
When to Plant Onions in New Brunswick
In New Brunswick, onions go in the ground in early-to-mid spring, as soon as the soil can be worked, not in autumn the way growers further south do it.