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Let's grow on the northern prairie / by Eric Bergeson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Fertile, MN : Country Scribe Publishing, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 294 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781647131661
  • 1647131669
Subject(s):
Contents:
A summer tour -- What is the Northern Prairie? -- The Yellow Roses of Beach -- The emerald ash borer invasion -- Species vs. cultivars -- Pollinator panic -- Amur Maple -- American Bittersweet -- Red Geraniums -- A sprinkle of white -- Red splendor -- Municipal planters -- Tamarack and Larch -- Oak -- Spruce -- Lilac -- Hydrangea -- Tatarian Maple -- Quaking Aspen -- Should i test my prairie soil? -- An aspiring spire -- The prairie planter's plight -- A secret apple -- Apple Trees : Standard or Dwarf? -- Soil conservation districts -- Worthwhile Willow -- Northern Catalpa -- Echinacea -- A Sedge Peat story -- Astilbe -- Formality on the prairie? -- Zinnia explosion -- White Birch -- Engelmann Ivy -- Tomatoes -- Oh Deer! -- Deer repellant tips -- Ammonium Sulphate -- Pine -- Urban spaces, urban genes -- Autumn Blaze Maple -- Sugar Maple -- Pyramidal Arbor Vitae -- Basswood -- Proper trunk care -- The value of arboretums -- Strip malls and parking lots -- Goldsturm rubdeckia -- Coleus -- Honeyberry -- Elderberry -- "Toba" Hawthorne -- The best Dwarf Spirea -- Cherries for the prairie -- Peonies -- Succulents -- Princess Kay Flowering Plum -- Black Walnut -- Cottonwood -- Turf battles -- Towards a Northern Prairie aesthetic -- The matter of rows -- Microclimates -- From Aberdeen to Zap.
Summary: Let's Grow on the Northern Prairie is not only a pictorial companion to the Eric Bergeson's Successful Gardening on the Northern Prairie, but is also a call-to-action to beautify our region with hardy trees as well as effective annual and perennial plantings. Let's Grow provides encouragement for the prairie gardener to share experiences and resources with neighbors, diagnose and prevent plant and tree ailments, and value the impact and legacy resulting from their efforts. The unique conditions of specific towns, valleys and micro-regions are addressed, making Let's Grow an indispensable resource for prairie gardening and landscaping. Eric Bergeson travelled to 115 towns in the northern prairie regions of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota sharing and garnering specific recommendations and approaches to successful growing in the local alkaline soils and uniquely challenging weather conditions. All photographs are taken on the northern prairie, including many from the authors summer tour of 115 towns in western Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 635.932 B496 Available 33111009652153
Not for Loan Not for Loan Main Library North Dakota Collection 635.932 B496 Not for loan 33111010431415
Total holds: 0

Let's Grow on the Northern Prairie is not only a pictorial companion to the Eric Bergeson's Successful Gardening on the Northern Prairie, but is also a call-to-action to beautify our region with hardy trees as well as effective annual and perennial plantings. Let's Grow provides encouragement for the prairie gardener to share experiences and resources with neighbors, diagnose and prevent plant and tree ailments, and value the impact and legacy resulting from their efforts. The unique conditions of specific towns, valleys and micro-regions are addressed, making Let's Grow an indispensable resource for prairie gardening and landscaping. Eric Bergeson travelled to 115 towns in the northern prairie regions of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota sharing and garnering specific recommendations and approaches to successful growing in the local alkaline soils and uniquely challenging weather conditions. All photographs are taken on the northern prairie, including many from the authors summer tour of 115 towns in western Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.

A summer tour -- What is the Northern Prairie? -- The Yellow Roses of Beach -- The emerald ash borer invasion -- Species vs. cultivars -- Pollinator panic -- Amur Maple -- American Bittersweet -- Red Geraniums -- A sprinkle of white -- Red splendor -- Municipal planters -- Tamarack and Larch -- Oak -- Spruce -- Lilac -- Hydrangea -- Tatarian Maple -- Quaking Aspen -- Should i test my prairie soil? -- An aspiring spire -- The prairie planter's plight -- A secret apple -- Apple Trees : Standard or Dwarf? -- Soil conservation districts -- Worthwhile Willow -- Northern Catalpa -- Echinacea -- A Sedge Peat story -- Astilbe -- Formality on the prairie? -- Zinnia explosion -- White Birch -- Engelmann Ivy -- Tomatoes -- Oh Deer! -- Deer repellant tips -- Ammonium Sulphate -- Pine -- Urban spaces, urban genes -- Autumn Blaze Maple -- Sugar Maple -- Pyramidal Arbor Vitae -- Basswood -- Proper trunk care -- The value of arboretums -- Strip malls and parking lots -- Goldsturm rubdeckia -- Coleus -- Honeyberry -- Elderberry -- "Toba" Hawthorne -- The best Dwarf Spirea -- Cherries for the prairie -- Peonies -- Succulents -- Princess Kay Flowering Plum -- Black Walnut -- Cottonwood -- Turf battles -- Towards a Northern Prairie aesthetic -- The matter of rows -- Microclimates -- From Aberdeen to Zap.

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