We knew from word “go” that growing tomatoes in Alaska takes some effort. Even the late start back in June couldn’t discourage us. We planted 5 starts in 4 buckets before we […]

Wonder of wonders. I was bemoaning the way some of our Kluane pictures came out–bad lighting, glare–so Mike disappeared for 7.5 seconds and returned with a polarizer for the digital camera. I’ve […]

The garden has done well in spite of the late start and less-than-ideal conditions. We’re eating lots of lettuce, chard, spinach, and radishes, some zucchini, beets, and peas. We’re blanching and freezing […]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~Six gallons! Woo-hoo!~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But Mike says, “If we have 6-and-a-half gallons, that’s a quart for every 2 weeks.” So I’ll go out again tomorrow.

On Friday, Mike and I took a mini-holiday and tramped up the mountains behind our property. That’s been on our To-Do list since we built our house and moved in 3 years […]

At 10:15 p.m. last night the sun was setting as we left Anchorage, it was 67-degrees, and the sky was clear. It was dark by the time we got home. We pulled […]