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2019: Growing Food

2019: Growing Food

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Explore the art of homegrown produce with expert tips on heirloom vegetables, prairie-hardy fruits, container gardening, permaculture, and food preservation.

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  • 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
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