Growing Spring Bulbs in Containers in Northwest Territories
Spring bulbs need a stretch of cold before they’ll bloom, and the ground in most of the country supplies that automatically.
Gardening in Northwest Territories
Everything we have worked out for Northwest Territories: 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 Yellowknife, the last spring freeze falls around May 25 and the first fall freeze falls around September 18, 905 growing degree days in the year.
That is little accumulated warmth: tomatoes need a tunnel or a greenhouse here, whatever the frost dates suggest. Garlic does well: 39.1 weeks below 40 °F, comfortably past the six it needs to form a proper head.
Elsewhere on the property in Northwest Territories: 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.
Canning at Altitude in Northwest Territories: What Your Elevation Changes
Yellowknife sits at 827 feet, and at that height water still boils close enough to sea level (208 to 212 F) that most home canners don’t need to adjust…
When to Plant Onions in Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories sits far enough north that the usual onion advice stops applying.
The Best Onion Varieties for Northwest Territories
Only one onion variety on record has a published growing range that reaches Northwest Territories: Redwing.
The Northwest Territories Apple Calendar, Stage by Stage
Northwest Territories apple growers should time pruning, bloom protection and harvest against Yellowknife’s ECCC frost dates, not fixed calendar months, since the mean last frost falls May 25.
Firewood in Northwest Territories: Which Woods Your Winter Actually Needs
Yellowknife’s coldest month averages a low of -21.1°F. That single number tells you almost everything about heating a Northwest Territories home with…
Watering a Garden in Northwest Territories: How Much, How Often, and the Local Rules
Northwest Territories gardens need less water than gardens down south, but they need it at the right depth and the right time.
Northwest Territories Planting Calendar: When to Sow and Plant, Frost Dates Included
See the Northwest Territories’ average frost dates from Yellowknife, the 116-day growing season they create, and which vegetable varieties actually have time to ripen.
Growing Onions in Northwest Territories: Which Varieties Actually Bulb
Northwest Territories sits at a latitude few gardening guides ever address, and that changes everything about which onion seeds are worth planting.
Flowers That Actually Thrive in Northwest Territories, and the Ones That Struggle
A practical look at which flowers survive Northwest Territories winters and short summers, and which popular varieties rarely make it to bloom.