Growing Things: A look at The Prairie Garden for 2025
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I just received my review copy of The Prairie Garden. This is truly one of my favourite publications. It is always topical and extremely helpful, whether you are a rookie or veteran gardener. The Prairie Garden is a non-profit publication dedicated to the advancement of horticulture on the Prairies. It is a digest-sized soft-cover book published annually since 1937 by a volunteer organization. The publication’s orientation is always prairie-based but is certainly applicable to many areas in Canada.
I’m proud to say I was one of the contributors to this edition. My article is entitled Growing Tomatoes From Seed. I share some of my favourite tips and tricks to growing your own tomatoes.
This year’s version is entitled Budget-Minded Gardening. There is much that home gardeners can do to adapt their gardening practices in the face of the increasing costs of living that we all face. In this year’s edition, you can learn all about how the three R’s (reduce, reuse &?recycle) can help you grow and maintain a garden on a budget. Learn how to save seeds and store rainwater. Find a way to keep pests like rabbits and deer from ravaging your tender new transplants. Whether you are a newcomer or a veteran gardener this edition of the Prairie Gardener will help. And, of course, like always, there are numerous articles of general interest to all who garden during our brief and so sweet summers.
I encourage you to go to The Prairie Garden website, where you can order the 2025 copy or other gardening annuals.
You can also purchase copies at Greenland Garden Centre, Parkland Garden Centre, and Hannas Seeds. I suggest calling ahead to make sure they have the book in stock.
Happy New Year to all my fellow gardeners! As winter blankets our gardens, may your seed catalogs be dog-eared, your garden plans be bold, and your hopes for the coming season be as abundant as a perfectly tended harvest. Here’s to new growth, unexpected blooms, and the promise of another year of nurturing life from seed to splendour. Wishing you a garden-filled 2025!
Every week, Growing Things Outdoors runs online at?edmontonjournal.com?or, if you prefer an epaper format, epaper.edmontonjournal.com
Learn more by emailing your questions to filipskigerald@gmail.com, reading past columns?or my book Just Ask Jerry. You can also follow me on X (Twitter) @justaskjerry01.
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