Crazy as this will sound, I started carrots in doors. Last year I transplanted the carrots on May Long weekend, and they caught and grew very well!
Central - Northern Alberta needs another 4 week growing season to deliver consistent big carrots. Starting them now they go in the ground a few inches tall on May Long, and it gives the carrots a nice jump.
Other experiment was an unknown apple from a tree that produced many 5 gallon pails of 3 - 4 inch apples last year. I saved the seeds and planted them, but so far, no germination. Very hard to say exactly what this apple is, as I have never seen it before. But it had a rough red skin, and was the shape of a Macintosh, but firm flesh.
Drewski
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