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Im a sucker for Sweet Peas as well and have bought from these folks for a long time. These later years i find myself gravitating to the fragrance collections. Mike https://www.selectseeds.com/collections/sweet-peas

While living in the Dakotas we tried the sand/root cellar thing. Before long everything smelled like and tasted like dirty sand! Maybe if you started with clean washed sand that would work well. It was a nice arrangement; i used bee boxes to store them so id sit one on the sand floor then a...

Back in the 60’s we’d say “hey Man; can you dig it”? Well , that’s where im at with the new grow lights! I can dig it!!! Just getting going right now but some Lettuce & Cilantro (for fresh eating) Parsley, Celery, Mint and Comfrey are thriving under them. Tomato’s and some flowers will go...

Here’s the whole ball of wax. 1x4 with grinder sharpened construction screws on 1/2 inch spacing; protruding 1/4 inch. A thin piece of foam backer and a top board to lean on. This “tool” is sized for gallon bags. Stack 4-5 bags onto “tool” then foam then push board and rock on it a bit. Peel...

Im sure folks are successful using a number of methods. Our commercial carrot producers tell me 32 degrees, 95 % humidity and some air movement. I cant exactly replicate that but have very good success by storing in heavily perforated bags in refrigerator's set at 35 degrees. I have two fridges...

Comfrey might deserve some thought. Easy to grow and produces nice flowers along the way. Foliage will be large leaf similar to Gloxinia and flowers pink to purple. Quite useful for any number of things as well. For me it’s an animal feed, a compost starter, a poultice for sprains, respiratory...

On the South facing side of the greenhouse they have as much sun as Alaska generates in the summer which is considerably more than anyone else gets; and its 100ft to the trees. Both are shallow rooted, and being in a raised bed I'm led to believe they are more susceptible to freezing. Or maybe...

This cow Moose has been hanging out for a bit, trailering a couple twin calves. I intercepted her as she headed around the corner of the house and stopped momentarily to peer into our bedroom window. (Alasgun) Mike

I only have two perennials that are kept in raised beds. Asparagus and strawberries, both are a fight to keep going and i believe it has to do with winter kill. Both are going away this year! It’s hard to beat fresh from your garden Asparagus; im just to lazy to start over! Out of Seldovia...

Today’s a “tweener” around here. Day after my birthday and day before my anniversary! That would be our 50th anniversary to boot!🥳 Im not much of a football guy; watching big guys line up; run into each other, go “Ugh” and fall down then repeat all afternoon never got my interest. However...

Well, here’s the thing. About 10 years ago while Alaska was considering legalizing pot and relaxing restrictions on small growers; our State Fair invited in some guest speakers. I assume these folks task was to sway public sentiment in their direction before the vote. I found myself at a booth...

My amendment list has settled down the last couple years and what you see here goes on everything i grow. Every 3x12 bed gets a 2 gallon bucket and Onions and Potatoes get 2- 2gallon buckets! This year im adding the ground Comfrey and each bed will get a measured 2lbs along with the other stuff...

Im pretty structured, the only changes are when i tweek starting dates. Locations change due to rotation but the varieties have mostly been the same for 8 years! I keep this schedule on my tablet for easy referral from year to year, plan once then be lazy for years to come.😳 2026 seed starting...

That would have been about a week before i turned 8 but i still came to appreciate the music of those early bands, and still do! So much so that i named my 55gal compost tea brewer “the Big Bopper” due to the rhythmic beat it emits when brewing a batch. Powered by a large regenerative blower...

Cattle panels, i use them for everything including trellis but also for fencing, and on end they make a great mini greenhouse. In the spring i’ll butt a couple up against the greenhouse and cover it with poly. With some saw horses to hold up some long boards it becomes a “hardening off” shelter...

Ive grown them on a trellis before however it takes a little doing. The vines dont make tendrils that would help them “hold on” so some tying and weaving was necessary to keep them up. The fruit was easily suspended in panty hose legs or other loose stretchy netting, “Hammock style”. But like...

We’re rolling now! I gave this pot of Chocolate mint a “bowl cut” 3 weeks ago where i trimmed everything from the pot rim out, both to the top and down the side and it looks like i should do it again. The output of the ExHale bag is increasing and I'm not sure what effect it had on these 3...

This ole girl and her twin calves from last year have been hanging out on the property for the last week or so. Today i watched her heading around the back of the house so i went to a back bedroom and “intercepted her” just as she was looking in my bedroom window. 10 pictures later i pecked on...

The “ExHale” co2 bag showed up today and i hung it and it’s monitor in the cuke hootch. After activation it should take a week or so to reach it’s maximum output and continue there for 6 months. The goal is 1300ppm. Time will tell? About the time i start feeling like a real “space cowboy” i...

They respond to a 12ga pretty well.