photo credit: thefreshexchangeblog.com
For those who think we live in ice and snow all year round up here, well your almost right. The snow isn’t usually gone until the end of June and comes back again in September. Nonetheless, we do get an awesome, although shorter, growing season – in large part due to the near 24 hr daylight during the summer.
I’m especially excited to start our Arctic crop this year as it’ll be our first full year together with our home greenhouse, which means we’ll have a longer growing season than we did when we were in our former apartment – trying to grow coriander in our dining room window.
Photo Credit: Inuvik Community Greenhouse
Our fellow northerners in Inuvik are currently running the most northerly community greenhouse in North America, and incredibly well at that. Check out the link below to see their very cool video.
Inuvik Greenhouse Video – How does your Arctic garden grow?
If you’re interesting in reading more about arctic gardening you should also check out the Iqaluit Community Greenhouse Society to see all the amazing things they’ve been growing in my Arctic city (and in case you’re wondering, those are upside down tomato plants!).
Photo Credit: Iqaluit Community Greenhouse Society