PRODUCT INFO
Guest-edited by Tiffany Grenkow, the 2019 Prairie Garden focuses on today’s biggest trend in gardening: growing our own food!
Over 50 articles by gardening experts cover all aspects of growing food in our region, including heirloom tomatoes and vegetables, perennial edibles, miniatures and container planting, prairie-hardy fruits, raised bed and permaculture techniques, wild foraging, and new ways of preserving the harvest.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THEME: GROWING FOOD
Topic
Authors
Gratitude Grows in the Garden
Tiffany Grenkow
Heirloom Tomatoes
Dr. Eva Pip
Tomato Tips
Ed Amman
Hooked on Heirlooms
Mandy Botincan
Miniature Vegetables
Diana Dhaliwal
Pondering the Modern Potager
Lynsey Sable
Growing Vegetables in Containers
Diane Marchese
Low-Maintenance Deck Planters
Darlene Belton
Stepping Up the Space: Converting to Raised-Bed Gardening
Jeannette Adams
Pressure-Treated Wood in Raised Beds
William Dowie
Creative Raised-Bed Gardening on a Budget
Kristina Blair
Vegetable Gardening in Clay Soil
Janet Epp
Create a Garden from Scratch in One Afternoon
Darlene Belton
Growing Edibles in Sandy Soil
Wendy MacLean
Sandy Soil Specialists
Lynsey Sable
Urban Permaculture
Lynne and Rebekah Vickery
Closing the Loop on the Food Cycle
Teresa Looy
Farming is More than Just Picking Up Chicks
Stefan Regnier
Back to the Land: Hits and Misses
Sharon Whitaker
Controlling Root Maggots
Melanie Mathieson
Integrated Pest Management
Sheryl Normandeau
Growing Fruit in Northern Gardens: A Review
Linda Dietrick
Currants and Gooseberries
Sara Williams
Trv Sour Cherries!
Melanie Mathieson
The Evans Cherry Story
Ieuan Evans
Fruit Share: Rescuing the Harvest
An Interview with Laura Rawluk
Gardening for a Cause
Lynne McCarthy
Schreber Gardens (Schrebergarten)
Susanne Olver
A Community That Grows Together
Tiffany Grenkow and Todd Kueneman
Gorillas in the Park: ImagineAbility Garden and Greenhouse
Mick Manfield
Riel House: Growing Crops in a Historical Setting
Razr An
The Three Sisters
Christine Hanlon
Growing Scarlet Runner Beans as an Ornamental and Food
Colin Briggs
Artichokes
Rita Campbell
Perennial Vegetables for the Prairies
Tom Nagy
Jerusalem Artichoke: The Unsung Sunflower
Joshua Pearlman
Horseradish: The Forgotten Vegetable
Warren Otto
Proper Potato Planting
Melanie Mathieson
Growing Mushrooms from Hardwood Logs
Tom Nagy
A Year-Round Vegetable Garden
Niki Jabbour
Cool Crops on the Prairies
Tiffany Grenkow
Wild Gardening and the Caretaker Attitude
Laura Reeves
Finders Keepers: Foraging for Greens
Christine Hanlon
Lobster Mushrooms
Tom Nagy
Recipes for Your Fresh Garden Produce
Rita Campbell
The Latest in Home Canning
Getty Stewart
50 Years Ago in The Prairie Garden: Gourmet Goodies from Your Garden
B. B. Chubey
Discovering Wild Fermentation
Natalie Lieske
GENERAL
Topic
Authors
Mason Bee Nesting Houses
Ian Wise
Gardening for Specialist Bees: Purple Prairie Clover
Jason Gibbs
Urban Beekeeping in the Northern Prairies
Ian Wise
Abutilon Hybrid 'Bella'
Susanne Olver
Deer-Proofing That Works
Darlene Belton
Allium: The Ornamental Onion
Sandra Venton
Index to 2014-2018
Lisa Jansen and Sandra Venton
Q & A
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