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Gardening, of any type, is a huge undertaking in Alaska and fall planting is no exception. Officials with the University of Alaska Extension Service have tried making this project a little easier and enjoyable with some explanations, tips and checklists. Gardening for recreation and for food production is popular in Southeast Alaska, just as it is in the rest of the world, but the short cool growing season and high rainfall levels present gardening challenges. However, SE Alaska also provides relatively low pest levels and long days. According...
The weeks between harvest and the first hard freeze are crucial for preparing your garden for the next growing season. The following checklist helps ensure a successful garden. • Remove remaining crops from garden beds. Enrich your compost with this material and help prevent disease and other pests from wintering in the beds. • Remove poles, trellises and portable frames to avoid winter damage and weathering and use a stake to mark the locations of perennials for spring. • Apply mulch. Using straw or hay as an insulating layer around peren...
Throughout this sunny summer, and thanks in large part to the continued success of The Market, locally grown produce was more available in Petersburg than any time in recent memory. But it begs the question, why hasn’t local produce been more available in town, and what stops people around here from growing their own food? To examine these questions we visit the gardens of some of this season’s most abundant food growers to talk about techniques they’ve used to overcome the commonly perce...
