Oh wow! Yep that does sound harsh! We have a short growing season here so it’s hard to grow fruits. On average our last frost is June 7th, and then our first frost return Sept 6th. Summers are short but beautiful. We usually have about two months (July and August) of rain and sunshine that can get up to 30 Celsius (sometimes a little more). Spring and fall are even shorter seasons. Winter is about 6 months long and it’ll stay below freezing with lots of snow. We usually have a few weeks in January or February where the temps reach -40C. It’s rough. Perennials and trees need to be hardy enough to survive the winters. The days also get shorter in the winter. So basically we just cram as much as we can into the very short growing season that we have. Greenhouses help too.
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Remind me where you are Emily? I lived in the Georgetown MA (an hour away from Boston). The winter's were freezing and I remember those short 3 months of summer were the time to get as much done as possible
Ok! You get it! We are in central, Alberta, Canada.
A beautiful part of the world!