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Janet Melrose, Sheryl Normandeau
A handy Q&A guide by the authors of the Prairie Gardener series, Staying Alive: The Go-To Guide for Houseplants provides expert advice to ensure your houseplants thrive, wherever you call…
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Equal parts journal and checklist, The Houseplanter is the perfect plant tracking journal to keep your houseplant records and aspirations all in one place.
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Sheryl Normandeau
"Part of the nonfiction Orca Footprints series for middle-grade readers, this book examines the importance of seeds to all living things, the threats they face and why we have to…
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In the ninth book in Guides for the Prairie Gardeners series seasoned gardeners Sheryl Normandeau and Janet Melrose take all your questions about growing and enjoying herbs.
If you've ever…
In the tenth book in the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series, lifelong gardeners Janet Melrose and Sheryl Normandeau take on the very prairie subject of grasses.
Was ever there…
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Describes a career as a Web developer. Explores what web developers do, what training web developers need, what life is like as an Web developer, and the future for web…
Describes a career as an IT support technician, including what an IT support technician does, what training they need, what everyday life in the field is like, and the future…
"Explores what life is like for people living with anxiety. It discusses treatment for anxiety and how people with it cope with their mental health issues"--
Janet Melrose,Sheryl Normandeau
The fifth book in the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series is all about getting good soil–from chemical composition to compost, fertilizer to fungi, and much more.
Soil is a…
Book six in the Guides for the Prairie Gardeners series demystifies planting and caring for trees and shrubs on the prairies, with tips on stock size, fruit production, pests, and…
Your guide to trouble-shooting weeds, pests, diseases, molds, critters, and other common prairie gardener’s problems in this second title in the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series.
The third installation of the new gardening series Guides for the Prairie Gardener is all about seeds, from saving and starting to transplants and even winter sowing.
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All the most common questions about growing vegetables in the prairies are answered in this first installation of the new gardening series, Guides for the Prairie Gardener.
The eighth book in the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series is all about those reliable, grounded plants you can count on: perennials.
Perennials are those species whose stems and…
Lifelong gardeners Janet Melrose and Sheryl Normandeau tackle the tasty topic of fruit in the seventh book in the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series.
Strawberries, blueberries, saskatoons, pears, plums…
A National Post Best Cookbook of 2021
A celebration of some of the lesser-known berries local to the prairie region, including sea buckthorn, haskap, saskatoons, currants, sour cherries, and chokecherries.
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