The Home Almanac

Vol. I, MMXXVIThe Canadian home, in season655 stations, every province and territory

Contents

The whole Almanac on one page. Set your place once and every tool below tunes itself to your nearest official station, from frost dates to tire windows to the sun overhead. Nothing is stored on a server, there is no account, and every figure is traceable to its source.

21 free tools · 655 weather stations across every province and territory · all free, no sign-up

Set it here and it follows you into every page in this index.

This week

What the sky is doing where you are, and the right days to work outside.

Weather & Work Windows Your local forecast with the days flagged for paint, mow, line-dry, and concrete. Frost Countdown Days until your next frost, and how much of the growing season is still ahead.

The garden

Every bed and every sowing, set to your own frost dates rather than a generic spring.

Frost & Planting Calendar When to start, set out, and harvest each vegetable for your station. Garden Planner Lay out a square-foot bed by hand, or let it auto-arrange tall crops north and companions together. Succession Planting Keep the harvest coming with timed repeat sowings across the season. Crop Rotation What to plant where next year, grouped by plant family. Container & Balcony Planner Minimum pot depth and size per crop for a balcony or patio. Pollinator Garden A bloom calendar built from native plants, so something flowers from spring to frost. Sun & Shade Planner The sun’s path, daylight length, and golden hour for any day where you live. Drip Irrigation How long and how often to run the line for an inch a week. Growing Season Length How long your frost-free season runs, and where it ranks nationally.

House and yard

Buy the right amount, and pick the right week to do the work.

Mulch & Soil Calculator Cubic yards and bag counts of mulch, soil, compost, or gravel for any bed. Paint & Stain Calculator Gallons for the job, the temperature window, and the best season to paint outside. Lawn Calculator Grass-seed and fertilizer amounts, with the best week to seed and feed. Lawn Calendar The year of lawn care, timed to your local season. Concrete & Sealer Calculator Cubic yards and bags for a slab, plus the pour-and-cure temperature window. Rain Barrel & Water Capture Gallons a roof catches from a given rain, and when to set up and drain it. Furnace & AC Sizing A rough heating and cooling size, read from your local climate. Solar Panel Payback Yearly output, savings, and the years until panels pay for themselves. Pool Calendar When to open and close the pool for your local season.

Winter

The cold half of the year, handled before it arrives.

Winter Tire Planner When to put winter tires on and take them off where you live. Ice Melt & Salt Calculator The right amount of de-icer, with a warning when it runs too cold for rock salt. Firewood & Cord Calculator Measure a stack into cords, compare the heat in each wood, and size a heating season. When to shut off the taps Drain the outdoor lines before the first hard freeze. When to service the snow blower Get it running before the first storm, not during it.

Know your place

The shape of your year, and how it compares to everywhere else.

Your Home’s Year The whole year on one wheel: frost, planting, pool, tires, and the upkeep that follows. Climate Twin Finder The town whose year of temperatures runs almost exactly like yours. Winter & Summer Index Two scores for how hard your winter bites and how lush your summer grows. The Frost Atlas Frost dates and growing seasons mapped across the country.

Moving

A move resets the whole home calendar. See exactly what changes before you go.

Interprovincial Moving Planner What shifts when you move: climate, seasons, and the rules that follow you. Moving Climate Match Set two places side by side and see exactly how their weather differs. Moving to Florida The home year, rewritten for the Gulf and the heat. Moving to Arizona A desert home calendar, with the seasons turned inside out. Moving to Texas Long summers, short winters, and what that means for the house. Canada to the United States How the home year changes when you move south. United States to Canada What a colder, longer winter does to the calendar. Packing checklist The order to pack a house so the truck and the first night both work.

The home year

The whole house, month by month, and a calendar you can carry.

The Home Year Month by month, the maintenance and seasonal tasks for your climate. Your Year Subscribe the whole calendar to your phone, or print the one-page fridge sheet. When to start seeds indoors Counted back from your last frost. When to clean the gutters After the leaves drop, before the freeze. When to change furnace filters On a rhythm that matches your heating season.

About the Almanac

How it is built, where every figure comes from, and how it stays free.

All Tools & Calculators The interactive tools, gathered on one page. Data & Methodology Which government sources feed each number, and how the dates are computed. Rebates & Programs Home and energy rebates worth knowing about. How it is funded Why the whole Almanac is free, and how it pays for itself. Privacy Nothing stored on a server, no account, your place stays in your browser. About What the Almanac is, and who it is for. Colophon The type, the build, and the credits.

Everything here is free and always will be, built on Environment and Climate Change Canada and provincial data, refreshed on a schedule. How it stays free. South of the border? There is an American edition.