The Prairie Garden
Index by Subject

This comprehensive index covers all articles published in The Prairie Garden since it began in 1937. Searchable by subject, it is organized by more than 30 subject categories and numerous subcategories. The Prairie Garden index lists article titles for each category, along with the author, year, and page number. The index is also searchable by keywords like “tulip” or author names like “Frank L. Skinner.”

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Index Categories	Index Sub-Categories	Title	Full Name	Year	Page
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Garlic Allium sativum – a Plant Through the Ages	Peter Dyck	2011	79
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	A Microguide to Microgreens	Sheryl Normandeau	2014	90
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Watercress	Susanne Olver	2017	71
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Growing Sweet Potatoes in the Prairies	Tiffany Grenkow	2017	73
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Growing Hops in a Home Garden	Jason Stow	2017	101
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Love the Garlic!	Dave Hanson	2018	128
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Getting to Know the Hardnecks	Dave Hanson	2018	132
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Heirloom Tomatoes	Eva Pip	2019	13
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Tomato Tips	Ed Amman	2019	17
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Time and Space Saving for Carrots	Susanne Olver	2019	54
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Growing Scarlet Runner Beans as an Ornamental and Food	Colin Briggs	2019	111
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Artichokes	Rita Campbell	2019	114
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Jerusalem Artichoke: The Unsung Sunflower	Joshua Pearlman	2019	120
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Horseradish: The Forgotten Vegetable	Warren Otto	2019	122
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Proper Potato Planting	Melanie Mathieseon	2019	125
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Perfect peppers in pots	Tiffany Grenkow	2022	41
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Grow your own greens right at home!	Bev Rapinda	2022	150
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Growing giant pumpkins: A beginner’s guide	Milan Lukes	2022	172
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Tomatoes in nursery pots	Susanne Olver	2023	20
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Milk jug lettuce	Marilyn Dudek	2023	118
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Yes, you can have home grown lettuce all year	Wendy MacLean	2024	42
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Growing tomatoes from seed	Gerald Filipski	2025	74
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Frost-tolerant vegetables	Ian Wise	2025	98
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	7 simple tips to consider when planning and planting a vegetable garden	Brent Poole	2026	18
Vegetables & Herbs	Specific Vegetables	Growing Winter Squash	Lenore Linton	2026	120
Vegetables & Herbs	Storage	Keeping Vegetables for Winter Use	Charles Walkof	1948	135
Vegetables & Herbs	Storage	Preparing Vegetables for Freezing	A. L. Shewfelt	1957	125
Vegetables & Herbs	Storage	Storage Performance of Winter Cabbage	D. H. Dabbs	1968	46
Vegetables & Herbs	Storage	Extending the Season of Garden-Picked Corn and Tomatoes	Charles Walkof	1968	56
Vegetables & Herbs	Storage	Home Storage of Vegetables	T. R. Krahn	1972	84
Vegetables & Herbs	Storage	Home Storage Situations to Avoid	Thomas B. Krahn	1983	104
Vegetables & Herbs	Storage	Culture and Storage of Late Cabbage	John Kort	1984	128
Vegetables & Herbs	Storage	Storage- Extending Summer's Goodness	Mervyn K. Pritchard	1990	96
Vegetables & Herbs	Storage	Build a Home Storage for Fruits and Vegetables	Mervyn K. Pritchard	1992	64
Vegetables & Herbs	Storage	Long-Keeping Tomato Varieties	Phyllis Pierrepont	2000	143
Weeds & Weed Control		Weeding Saves Plants, Moisture and Nutrients		2002	36
Weeds & Weed Control		Telltale Weeds	Better Homes and Gardens	2003	61
Weeds & Weed Control		Corn Gluten Meal	Sara Williams	2011	54
Weeds & Weed Control		Dandelion Control		1939	30
Weeds & Weed Control		Eradicating Dandelions with 2,4D	H. E. Wood	1946	74
Weeds & Weed Control		Some Common Garden Weeds	H. E. Wood	1948	121
Weeds & Weed Control		2,4D on the Home Grounds	J. S. Skaptason	1950	107
Weeds & Weed Control		TCA to Eradicate Couch Grass	H. E. Wood	1951	83
Weeds & Weed Control		TCA – A Promising Grass Killer	F. L. Greaney	1953	39
Weeds & Weed Control		2,4D, Friend and Foe	C. F. Patterson	1954	31
Weeds & Weed Control		New Chemicals for the Gardener	W. B. Fox	1956	93
Weeds & Weed Control		Weed Killers are Plant Killers	George Friesen	1956	101
Weeds & Weed Control		Common Weeds Illustrated		1956	120
Weeds & Weed Control		Field and Garden Weeds Illustrated		1960	150
Weeds & Weed Control		Once a Garden Plant – Now a Noxious Weed [Kochia]	Mrs. Blanche Brown	1963	47
Weeds & Weed Control		Poison Ivy	Neil McLaren	1964	94
Weeds & Weed Control		Weed Control in Turf	A. C. Ferguson	1965	30
Weeds & Weed Control		Chemical Weed Control for Shelterbelts	W. H. Cram and G. A. Morgan	1968	10
Weeds & Weed Control		Weed Control for Home Grounds	J. O. Forbes	1969	38
Weeds & Weed Control		Vegetation Control Around the Home	E. Stobbe	1971	38
Weeds & Weed Control		Weeds in the Lawn	Hooty Hortus	1977	20
Weeds & Weed Control		Dodder, a parasitic annual weed	Hooty Hortus	1978	19
Weeds & Weed Control		Weed Control for the Homeowner	H. R. Nelson	1979	113
Weeds & Weed Control		Chemical Grass Control Around Established Trees	M. R. Carter & L. K. Alspach	1980	99
Weeds & Weed Control		Weed Control Around the Yard	David Vanstone	1981	111
Weeds & Weed Control		Herbicide and Soil Sterilant Damage		1981	140
Weeds & Weed Control		Purslane – A Persistent Problem	David Vanstone	1982	112
Weeds & Weed Control		Weed Control in the Large Garden and Shelterbelt	Linda Loewen	1986	47
Weeds & Weed Control		Oh Canada Thistle	Dorie Marshall	1988	87
Weeds & Weed Control		In Defense of the Dandelion	Karl Graham	1989	44
Weeds & Weed Control		Garden Plants That Have Become Weeds	Gary Platford	1992	70
Weeds & Weed Control		The Dreaded Creeping Bellflower	Mr. Tomato	1992	94
Weeds & Weed Control		Wetlands War		1994	38
Weeds & Weed Control		Weed at the Root of Booze Cure		1995	6
Weeds & Weed Control		Purslane	Susanne Olver	1996	79
Weeds & Weed Control		Garden Plants Have Become Weeds	Gary Platford	1999	68
Weeds & Weed Control		White Vinegar as a Herbicide		2000	82
Weeds & Weed Control		Weed Control in My Lawn: A Weed Scientist Confesses	Rene Van Acker	2002	33
Weeds & Weed Control		The Stories Weeds Tell	Joel Penner	2017	34
Weeds & Weed Control		Know Thine Enemy (Weeds)	Tiffany Grenkow	2020	157
Weeds & Weed Control		Invasive Tree-Killer: European Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)	Elizabeth Sellors	2021	90
Weeds & Weed Control		Controlling European Buckthorn	Chris Penner	2021	93
Weeds & Weed Control		At last, a miracle killer of creeping bellflower and thistle	Mr. Tomato	2022	129
Weeds & Weed Control		Dandelions and bees	Evelyn Lundeen	2023	67
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Winter Care of Evergreens	C. S. Stevenson	1963	21
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Evergreens on the Prairies	P. J. Moran	1963	51
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Foundation Planting [Evergreens]	Al Golden	1963	79
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Spruce and Pine	D. R. Robinson	1964	49
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Woody Evergreens by Grafting and Rooted Cuttings	Richard H. Patmore	1966	49
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Junipers	H. E. Harris	1967	93
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Low Growing Junipers of Merit	W. A. Cumming	1969	68
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Dwarf Evergreens for the Prairie Garden	George Krahn	1969	81
Woody Plants	Evergreens	The Spruces	Hooty Hortus	1970	35
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Consider the Pines	Hooty Hortus	1970	36
Woody Plants	Evergreens	No Need for Failure in Planting Evergreens	Hooty Hortus	1970	45
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Don't Overlook the Junipers	Hooty Hortus	1970	90
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Arbor-vitae (Cedar)	Hooty Hortus	1970	107
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Pruning Evergreens	R. H. Knowles	1972	68
Woody Plants	Evergreens	The Sabin Juniper for the Foundation Border	Hooty Hortus	1972	69
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Don't Overlook the Junipers	Hooty Hortus	1975	118
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Junipers		1977	131
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Cedars	Stan Sheard	1980	62
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Removal of an Eighteen Year Old Globe Cedar	John Walker	1981	13
Woody Plants	Evergreens	What's Wrong With My Spruce Tree?	Rhonda Kurtz	1988	15
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Planting and Care of Evergreens	PFRA	1998	65
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Fast Growing Conifers for the Prairies	PFRA	1998	88
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Winter Browning of Evergreens	Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Centre	2002	121
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Coniferous Prairie Evergreens: Where did all the green growth go?	Michael Allen	2005	77
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Dwarf Conifers for the Mixed Border	Sara Williams	2009	77
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Skybound Cedar - A Manitoba Introduction	Ron Boughen	2009	124
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Problems and Solutions for Pine and Cedar Trees and Shrubs on the Prairies	Michael Allen	2010	160
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Prairie Pines	Richard Staniforth	2012	16
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Cliff Green	Ed Czarnecki	2014	139
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Conifers with a Difference	Sara Williams	2015	167
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Dwarf coniferous shrubs ideal for the small garden	Philip Ronald	2022	11
Woody Plants	Evergreens	Winter damage to evergreen trees	Toso Bozic	2023	178
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Fall vs. Spring for the Planting of Nursery Stock	Country Guide	1945	87
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Some Woody Ornamentals [Prunus species]	D. R. Robinson	1963	105
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Force Branches for Winter Bloom	C. G. Hard	1967	95
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Woody Plant Test Arboretum at the University of Manitoba	Louis M. Lenz	1967	108
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Care of Nursery Stock		1967	120
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Prairie Regional Trials for Woody Ornamentals	W. A. Cumming	1968	12
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Use of Native Trees & Shrubs	D. Martin	1970	119
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Trees and Shrubs: Uses Other Than for Farm and Field Shelterbelts	John Walker	1977	39
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Flowering Trees and Shrubs	John Walker	1978	42
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Midsummer Planting of Container Stock	William B. Hutchison	1978	58
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Life After Autumn	Allan Dawson	1979	124
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Awards of Merit [trees & shrubs]	Wilbert G. Ronald	1980	8
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Climbers and Ground Covers for Manitoba		1980	18
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Transplanting Container Grown Trees & Shrubs	William J. Emerson	1980	86
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Winter Injury (Dieback, Sunscald) and Leaf Scorch of Fruit and Ornamental Trees	Knud Mortensen	1980	92
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	How Winnipeg Loses Its Trees	Martin Benum	1980	101
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Containerized Nursery Stock – Why?	David Vanstone	1980	112
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Benefits of Plant Breeding to the Landscape Industry	Wilbert G. Ronald	1981	81
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Leaf Scorch of Trees and Shrubs	Mardith Desjardins	1987	64
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	New Trees and Shrubs for Alberta		1989	115
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Transplant Shock		1989	158
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Garden Changes Following Fall Storm	Gerry Oliver	1992	61
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Europe's Trees Sickly		1994	83
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Trees and Shrubs From Seed	Debbie Neilsen	1997	3
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Woody Plants Meet the Computer Age		1998	13
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Care of Trees After Planting		1998	21
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Deer Damage – Protect Your Trees	Don Reynard	1998	44
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Know Your Trees – Are They Poisonous?	Laura Poppy	1998	45
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Tree By-Laws -Whose Rights Do They Protect?		1998	53
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Frank Skinner's Tree Introductions	Hugh Skinner	1998	58
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Storm Damage '97	Verna Mumby	1998	60
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Planting “Container Grown” Trees and Shrubs	Phil Graham	2001	25
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Five Plants that Stand a Good Chance of Surviving a Prairie Winter	Western Living	2003	5
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Turn your yard into a climate change friendly oasis	Carl Durand	2023	36
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Drought-tolerant trees and shrubs	Sara Williams	2023	105
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Preparing trees and shrubs for winter	Toso Bozic	2023	144
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	Woody natives for pollinators	Linda Dietrick	2023	160
Woody Plants	Miscellaneous	A ‘Splendide’ obsession	Doug Mitchell	2025	100
Woody Plants	Roses	Roses		1937	20
Woody Plants	Roses	Hardy Shub Roses	William Godfrey	1945	59
Woody Plants	Roses	Hybrid Tea and Hybrid Perpetual Roses	William Godfrey	1946	13
Woody Plants	Roses	Hardy Roses for the Prairies	William Godfrey	1947	63
Woody Plants	Roses	Roses	T. E. Topper	1949	83
Woody Plants	Roses	The Rose	A. R. Vanstone	1950	19
Woody Plants	Roses	Care of Tea Roses in Manitoba	Stuart Criddle	1950	69
Woody Plants	Roses	A Rose Jar	Gladys Matchett	1954	57
Woody Plants	Roses	Rose Growing in Western Canada	J. H. Nichol	1955	35
Woody Plants	Roses	Wintering Roses	Hector Macdonald	1955	92
Woody Plants	Roses	Can Manitoba Become Roselandia?	Harvey D. Sparling	1956	17
Woody Plants	Roses	Wintering Rose Bushes – Western Provinces	D. W. Hyndman	1956	105
Woody Plants	Roses	Rosa nitida as a Parent	Percy H. Wright	1957	73
Woody Plants	Roses	25,000 Rose Bushes in Bloom	Helda M. McAfee	1957	93
Woody Plants	Roses	Winter Protection for Roses	Helda M. McAfee	1958	67
Woody Plants	Roses	A Note on Roses	D. R. Robinson	1959	38
Woody Plants	Roses	So You Want to Grow Roses!	Mrs. W. M. Welks	1959	95
Woody Plants	Roses	Rose Pot-Pourri	Mrs. W. M. MacDonald	1960	15
Woody Plants	Roses	Hardy Shrub Roses	W. A. Cumming	1960	17
Woody Plants	Roses	Favourite Dropmore Introductions	Frank L. Skinner	1960	27
Woody Plants	Roses	Winter Freezing of Roses in the States in 1959	E. S. Boerner	1960	123
Woody Plants	Roses	A Page of Roses	Mrs. W. M. MacDonald	1961	153
Woody Plants	Roses	Color Question in Roses	Mrs. W. M. MacDonald	1962	28
Woody Plants	Roses	A Few Good Roses	D. R. Robinson	1962	37
Woody Plants	Roses	Wintering Roses in the Chinook Belt	John F. Canning	1962	39
Woody Plants	Roses	Roses from Cuttings	Mrs. M. W. Donovan & Mrs. W. M. MacDonald	1962	122
Woody Plants	Roses	Prairie Roses	A. J. Porter	1963	60
Woody Plants	Roses	Roses for the Prairies	Marguerite E. Robinson	1963	63
Woody Plants	Roses	Classification of Roses	Mrs. W. A. MacDonald	1963	65
Woody Plants	Roses	Rose Review [list of popular cultivars]	Mrs. W. A. MacDonald	1964	87
Woody Plants	Roses	What's in a Name?	Mrs. W. A. MacDonald	1964	89
Woody Plants	Roses	Planting a Rose Bush to Live	Percy H. Wright	1964	90
Woody Plants	Roses	The "Manitoba-Minnesota" Method of Wintering Roses	Betty Biddulph	1964	92
Woody Plants	Roses	Rose Growing on the Prairies	H. F. (Bert) Harp	1966	26
Woody Plants	Roses	"Miss Canada" – A Canadian Rose for Canada's Centenary	Archie Selwood	1966	27
Woody Plants	Roses	Growing Roses in Flin Flon	Gordon H. Grindle	1966	29
Woody Plants	Roses	Hardy Shrub Roses Are Double-Purpose Ornamentals	Percy H. Wright	1966	31
Woody Plants	Roses	Growing Roses in Calgary	Mrs. W. H. Dowling	1967	42
Woody Plants	Roses	Classification of Roses	Mrs. W. A. MacDonald	1968	83
Woody Plants	Roses	The Rose – My Favorite Flowering Shrub	Walter Schowalter	1968	84
Woody Plants	Roses	Ten Hints for Wintering Roses	William J. Emerson	1969	71
Woody Plants	Roses	Assiniboine and Cuthbert Grant Roses	H. H. Marshall	1969	74
Woody Plants	Roses	Garden Roses	H. F. (Bert) Harp	1969	101
Woody Plants	Roses	The "Prairie Gardener" Says – Roses	H. F. (Bert) Harp	1970	93
Woody Plants	Roses	How We Grow Roses in Southern Alberta	B. Muir	1971	92
Woody Plants	Roses	Wintering Tender Roses in Manitoba	J. H. Nichol	1971	94
Woody Plants	Roses	Don't Overlook that Hardy Rose	Hooty Hortus	1972	17
Woody Plants	Roses	My Shrub Rose Border	H. H. Marshall	1972	52
Woody Plants	Roses	About Suckers on Roses	Hooty Hortus	1972	55
Woody Plants	Roses	Roses	G. A. Smith	1974	104
Woody Plants	Roses	Hardy Shrub Roses	H. H. Marshall	1974	120

The Prairie Garden Index by Subject

The Prairie Garden
Index by Subject