I’ve been busy the last couple of weeks creating a new project: the Alaska Shared Gardens Initiative. It’s a place where people looking for garden space can connect up with people who have garden space they aren’t utilizing. Check out …
Alaska Living
Dreaming of chicken coops
As the snow begins to melt, my mind is turning towards…chickens. We raised 20 broilers last year, and have been enjoying eating home-grown poultry over the winter. But the boys and I really would like a few laying hens as …
Another great day in Alaska
My brother, a friend and I took a snow-mobiling trip up north to look at a piece of property. It was a beautiful day!
Southcentral Alaska Gardening Guide
I just put up a brief guide to vegetable gardening in southcentral Alaska in the resources section of the website. You should go check it out. It’s very much a work in progress, so if you have any additional insights …
Family Happenings
A lot has been going on around here. On Friday, our daughter Aurora Grace Johnson was born. She weighed in at 8lbs 3oz. She is perfect. Many adventures in parenting a girl will undoubtedly follow…
Winter Garden Update
I’ve been doing a little winter gardening this year, and I’ve had some interesting successes I thought I’d share here:
Gooseberries:
Last year my dad had a bumper crop of gooseberries. He has three different plants, and a couple different …
A trip up north
I spent the weekend three hundred miles north, hunting caribou. It was a perfect weekend: a full moon rising over the mountains; shooting stars and northern lights; scenery that was breathtaking; and the deeply peaceful sound of silence.
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October
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The last of the harvest
We had snow for the first time yesterday; big flakes came down for about an hour, but nothing stuck. The temperatures quickly dropping (25F this morning) it was time to get the remaining veggies out of the garden.
Moose hunting …
A final garden update
The growing season is quickly coming to an end. In all honesty, it has not been a good season here in southcentral Alaska. We broke records for consecutive days of rain, and the temperatures never got that impressive.
