Great Plains · Zones 3–9
Prairies & Great Plains
From the aspen parkland of Alberta to the Texas Hill Country: grassland, big sky, wind, and extremes of cold and heat.
Tall-, mixed- and shortgrass prairie, river valleys and coulees, potholes and reservoirs, farmland almost everywhere.
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Gardening
Wind and drought management: shelterbelts, mulch and drip; fast-maturing vegetables in the north, two seasons in the south; superb tomatoes and melons with water.
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Walleye, sauger, pike and perch in the north; largemouth bass, crappie, white bass, catfish and stripers in southern reservoirs; trout in tailwaters.
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Saskatoons, chokecherries, wild plums, sand cherries, buffaloberries, prickly pear (south), morels in river bottoms and pecans in Texas.
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