[angelxmagic]

Is there another Lake Huron in Ontario? I mean, other than the great lake shared with the US? If you're at the northern end of that lake... then you and I are at about the same latitude. A garden is definitely doable. You (and I) can't grow things like watermelon or cantelope... but we can grow TONS of leafy vegetables like kale, spinach, lettuces. Those are cool weather veggies... southern gardens can only grow those in early spring and late summer. We can grow them all summer. You can grow broccoli... radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes! I do. I use this system... "Square Foot Gardening" by a guy named Mel Bartholomew. Check it out!!! Follow his formula for the growing medium and you can have fresh veggies all summer.

And you can do all the winter veges, you lucky thing - garlic & fennel (bulb type - my absolute favourite vege and we can't grow it or galric because we are subtropical) and lots more. My sister and her hubby in frosty cold Tassie - winter max 8-15C - have a little greenhouse frame with a plastic zipped cover they bought at a hardware store and they grow tomatoes and lettuces and other veges all year round.

Here's a link to a cold climate vegetable planting guide chart.