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Re: Gardening book for colder climates

I'm another Zone 3 gardener (Edmonton, Alberta).  My favorite books are 
as follows:
Andrews, Brian. _Northern Gardens_. Lone Pine Publishing, 1987. ISBN 
0-919433-35-9
Bennett, Jennifer. _The Harrowsmith Northern Gardener_. My copy is 1982 
but there is a newer edition.
Toop, Edgar. _Annuals for the Prairies_. Lone Pine Publishing, the 
University of Alberta and the University of Saskatchewan, 1993. ISBN 
1-555105-034-X
Toop, Edgar W. and Sara Williams. _Perennials for the Prairies_.  
Publisher as above, ISBN 1-555091-005-1
Hole, Lois. _Northern Flower Gardening_. Lone Pine, 1994. ISBN 1-55105-039-0
Hole, Lois. _Northern Vegetable Gardening_. Lone Pine, 1993 I think, 
can't locate my copy.
Harp, H.F. _The Prairie Gardener_. Hurtig, 1970. ISBN 0-88830-093-X 
(probably out of print, but ask your local library).
Vick, Roger. _Gardening on the Prairies : a guide to Canadian Home 
Gardening_. Western Producer Prairie Books, 1987. ISBN 0-88833-119-3

I know there are others as well.  There's one on trees and shrubs for the 
prairies that we have at work.  I work for Alberta Agriculture, Food and 
Rural Development Library, so if anyone wants to email me direct I can 
look it up.

Jane Starr
starr@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca or starr@agric.gov.ab.ca


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From: stngiam@athena.mit.edu (Shih-Tung Ngiam)
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Subject: Re: Lead, gardens, kids and veggies
Date: 9 Mar 1994 02:44:56 GMT
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In-reply-to: karenp@sybase.com's message of Mon, 7 Mar 1994 20:35:13 GMT

  
  A good book on the subject of starting a community garden is:

 TITLE:   A handbook of community gardening / by Boston Urban Gardeners;
          edited by Susan Naimark.
 IMPRINT: New York : Scribner, c1982.
 PHYSICAL FEATURES: xi, 180 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
 NOTES:   Bibliography: p. 175-176. * Includes index.
 OTHER AUTHORS, ETC:  Naimark, Susan. * Boston Urban Gardeners.
 OTHER TITLES:  Community gardening.
 SUBJECTS: Community gardens. * Gardening.
 LC CARD: 81-23302
 ISBN:    0684174669 :

  The book briefly discusses soil contamination, and the Agricultural
Extension Service in your area (probably listed under county govt in the
white pages) should have other information.  Did you send the soil to be
analyzed by the Extension Service, or to a private lab for lead analysis
only?
  

Shih Tung
Chem E
Best l'il Tech School 
on the Charles
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