PRODUCT INFO
As gardeners, we care. We care for our bountiful vegetable gardens. We care for our beautiful perennial flower beds and the aromatic herbs that we grow. We care about the fruit bushes and trees in our realm, along with the birds and other creatures that share our garden space. That essential element of care in us also extends into caring for the Earth, which is particularly important in this time of climate change. So how can gardeners help care forthe planet?
The first step is to be informed. We need to ask ourselves what exactly is climate change? How will this affect my gardening practices? As our guest editor for this year, we invited Dr. Danny Blair to join us. Dr. Blair is a co-director of the Prairie Climate Centre and is a professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Winnipeg, where his area of expertise is climatology. His research looks at climate change with a particular focus on the Prairie provinces. Dr. Blair and a number of his colleagues as well as several of our other authors provide information that will help you understand climate change, how it is affecting us now and how it will continue to affect our practices in home gardening in the future.
Once we know what climate change is all about, step two is asking how we can help. There is much that home gardeners can do to adapt their gardening practices in the face of the changing climate. Read about the use of native and drought-resistant plants, water management, composting, and the importance of healthy soil. Discover how to reduce your carbon footprint by using less plastic, planting more trees and using mulch. And, as always, whether you are a newcomer or a veteran gardener, there are also articles of general interest to all who garden in our short-season planting zones.
Happy reading!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CLIMATE AWARE GARDENING
Topic
Author
Imagining the future prairie climate
Dr. Danny Blair
Growing a climate and pollinator-friendly garden
Dr. Diana Bizecki Robson
Creating healthy soils
Vanessa Young
Tomatoes in nursery pots
Susanne Olver
Prairie garden design: Restoring our landscapes one garden at a time
Shannon Bahuaud
Gardening in the drought-prone prairies - what is the worst-case scenario?
David Sauchyn
Gardening for wild bees: a discourse on conservation and climate
Jason Gibbs
Rainy ruminations on resilience
Derek Yarnell
Turn your yard into a climate change friendly oasis
Carl Durand
Urban agriculture - or how to (mostly) replace a lawn with food
David Sauchyn/Mary Vetter
The secret behind the smile of the sunflower
Rita Campbell
Manitoba 150 Pollinator Garden
Karen Fontaine
Which prairie trees will survive climate change?
Rick Durand
Compost as habitat for a microscopic world
Fernand Saurette
Exploring and creating microclimates in your garden
Sheryl Normandeau
Potential changes in insect fauna due to climate change
John Gavloski
Climate change and vegetable gardening
Sarah Piercy
Making your home and landscape more resilient through design
Indy Mitra
Dandelions and bees
Evelyn Lundeen
Healthy garden ecosystems
Vanessa Young
Book Review: The Prairie Gardener's Go-To for Soil
Evelyn Lundeen
In a changing climate, is the Hydrangea species a good choice for the home landscape?
Colleen Zacharias
Notes from a drought-stressed gardener
Tiffany Grenkow
Choosing perennials for a new reality
Wendy MacLean
The impact of climate change on our urban forests
Philip Ronald
Drought-tolerant perennials
Sara Williams
Beausejour Daylily Gardens: challenges and rewards
Mary Veldman
The outlook for plant diseases in a changing climate
Andy Tekauz
Adaptation by exotic lady beetle species to a changing climate
Ian Wise
Drought-tolerant trees and shrubs
Sara Williams
Sunflowers: Sublime symbols of summer
Evelyn Lundeen
How the seasons came to be: a Greek myth
Evelyn Lundeen
Choosing ecofriendly pots and planters
Evelyn Lundeen
Milk jug Lettuce
Marilyn Dudek
How sudden weather change can affect flea beetles
Ian Wise
Urban forests and climate change - A complex relationship
Martha Barwinksy
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) United Nations: Salt affected soils
Meera Sinha
GENERAL
Topic
Author
Fuzzy fruits and other exotics in central Alberta
Alfred Prins
How to create a beautiful border
Janet Epp
Book review: The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook
Brent Poole
Cultivating connections with nature at The Leaf - Canada's Diversity Gardens
Laura Cabak & Gerald Dieleman
Good news: Bug phobia is not a thing anymore
Linda Dietrick
Preparing trees and shrubs for winter
Toso Bozic
Planting and caring for spring bulbs in northern gardens
Evelyn Lundeen
Ramblings of a Schlumbergera aficionado
Lee Goodfellow
Northern Empress Elm
Sheldon Falk
Underused perennial winners
Joe Gadbois & Bob Stadnyk
Woody natives for pollinators
Linda Dietrick
Postscript
Andy Tekauz
Flowering bulbs for northern spring gardens
Evelyn Lundeen
The gardener and his dog
Susanne Olver
Book review: Hardy Apples: Growing Apples in Cold Climates
Doris Mae Oulton
Peonies
Sandra Venton
Grow it, don't throw it!
Rita Campbell
Winter damage to evergreen trees
Toso Bozic
Growing giant vegetables
Brent Poole
Weeping like a willow
Sheldon Falk
Garden climbers
Dorothy Dobbie
Iris: Rainbows of the early summer garden
Diana Dhaliwal
Q & A
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