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I would like to have my name changed to match my BYC name. Alaska Animal Lover. PUH-LEEZE??:fl

Hey Marcy! It's Aimee from PBS! I would swap plants with you but I don't know what I could send you from Alaska. Do you have Blue Poppies there?

Actually it was the same way for me. It took me about 12 days to read. I would literally have to put it down at random points. I don't know why. My DH asked me if it wasn't a very good book or something. I really liked it. Maybe it was just a lot to think about and I needed some time to figure...

Thank you for the recommedations I will check them out. :)

I thought it was pretty inspiring as well. I don't have the long growing season in Alaska, but it is enough to get me green beans, peas, carrots, tomatos and potatoes. I can can those, and buy a few other things from the u-pick farm. I can't quite butcher anything I have raised, but I am all for...

This is a really good book about Barbara Kingsolver and her family's decision to only eat what they could raise and grow on their land, or buy from local farmers. There are some interesting facts, yummy recipes, and she mentions a group that saves and exchanges seeds from heirloom variety...

:) Thank you, I ordered catalogs.

I would like to get some seed catalogs. I live in Alaska so I don't want anything too exotic. What companies do you go through? I know I'm late for this year, but I figured I could get on the mailing list for next spring.

The selection around here is pretty slim. I would have to start from seed. I will ask my local green house about them though. Maybe they can get them for me.

I like the early girl variety, they all do fine in a greenhouse. I bought a couple new varieties this year, and now I can't remember what they were.

Yes the daylight is wonderful. As I type this, it is 11:15pm and I could still be sitting on the porch reading the paper. It is getting dark though, the sun finally quit shining about an hour ago. By this time next month we will be so used to the light that we won't realize how late it actually...

I grew up in Palmer, and live in Big Lake now. Growing season... I start my root veggies within the next week. Anything else goes in the ground the first week in June. Usually root veggies can be harvested after the first frost in early Septemer, everything else is the end of August. Not much...

Thanks! You are so right about the 40 degrees! Where did you stay?

Hi! I joined up since I will be starting a compost pile this year and thought I could get some tips. I also just got my first chickens they are now almost three weeks old.