About this item
Gardening in a northern clime has its own unique set of challenges. Yet, despite the shorter growing season, gardening remains a popular passion for millions of green thumbs in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. Northern gardeners can successfully grow a wide range of beautiful ornamentals and tasty food crops.In The Northern Gardener, Mary Lahr Schier brings together a rich and varied collection of wisdom for cold-climate gardeners. The tips, tricks, and lore, presented with period illustrations and glorious photos, are gleaned in part from the pages of the journals and magazines of the 150-year-old Minnesota State Horticultural Society, including Minnesota Horticulturist magazine and its current incarnation, Northern Gardener. The increasing popularity of heirloom vegetables and plants demonstrates that the next generation of gardeners seeks the sense of accomplishment and authenticity that comes from growing plants at home.
About the Author
Mary Lahr Schier knows the joys and trials of cold-climate gardeners. As editor of Northern Gardener, the magazine of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, Mary has spent more than a decade discovering the best tips and techniques for growing great vegetables and flowers in the North. She combined those ideas with advice from experienced gardeners of the past to write The Northern Gardener: From Apples to Zinnias, an informative and entertaining guide for gardeners of all levels.
A long-time journalist, Mary has written or edited two books of regional history as well as dozens of articles on topics ranging from how to select software to NASCAR. She writes about gardening on her blog, mynortherngarden.com, which won a Silver Award for electronic writing from GWA, the Association of Garden Communicators. She recently moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, where she is building the soil and creating a new garden.
