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
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