Canada can’t grow lettuce and apples? Since when? We’ve been buying BC and Ontario fruit for decades. There are backyard apple varieties developed in Saskatchewan and Manitoba that are hardy to zone 3 and 2. Lettuce can be and is grown in hothouses in winter around the Redcliff area in Alberta. (Not to mention, it’s not hard to grow in your living room under grow lights.)

Now, off to pick some raspberries and tomatoes in my Saskatchewan back yard.