Insects and spiders of Alaska gardens

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2011/12 Alaska winter

From low sunlight, plunging temperatures and massive snow fall, Alaska's winter are an extreme mix of beauty and danger. Post a photo of you how you live through it.

Reader submitted: 2012 Aurora Borealis

Location: Point Woronzof Park Anchorage, AK, 01/24/12

RSVP: January - 2012

Location: Sheraton Anchorage, 01/14/12 The Chenega Commercial Holdings, LLC team poses for a group photo at the 2011 Stars of the Industry event at the Sheraton Anchorage. The Alaska Hotel & Lodging Association hosts this annual event to recognize and celebrate excellence in the hospitality industry.

Submit your photos from community projects and social occasions around town in January, 2012.

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Cordova snowstorm

Location: Cordova, AlaskaThis was even before the final part of the storm!

Cordova residents are tunneling out after several snow storms moved through Prince William Sound.

January Valdez snowstorm

Heavy snow pounded Valdez and Cordova on January 6, 2012, after the town received 19.2 inches Thursday from the Prince William Sound blizzard, making for a season total of more than 20 feet. Meanwhile, Nome is having its worst cold spell since 1989.

Frosty Alaskans

Alaska is in deep freeze and it's not only the trees that are covered in frost. Send us the photos of you braving the cold.

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Gardening Summer Camp

Case Cropper, 7, and Jen Johnson, 10, examine foxglove as Anna Imes, 8, strolls over for a turn as well during Junior Master Gardener camp Wednesday afternoon July 20, 2011 at the Alaska Botanical Garden. Retired elementary school teacher Pat Ryan leads the group as they grow vegetables and garden plants, build planters, work on crafts and learn horticultural techniques while also exploring the natural surroundings of Far North Bicentennial Park. I just try to keep them happy and busy for a few hours, said Ryan, an enthusiastic gardener with a soft spot for peonies. It's good!, affirmed Cropper.

Junior Master Gardener campers grow, build, work and learn Wednesday July 20, 2011 at the Alaska Botanical Garden.

2010 Gardens

Show off your labor in the dirt by posting photos of your garden, from seed to stalk, and check out how other Alaskan gardeners are faring this year.

2011 Alaska gardens

Show off your hard work in Alaska's high-octane, but brief, growing season with photos of your gardens at any stage.

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A close look at city flowers

A marigold flower holds water. City gardeners are busy preparing for the planting season. The largest municipal greenhouse is filled with starts which will planted in parks and baskets throughout the city.

Municipal gardeners are busy tending to their various starts. When the planting season arrives, the flowers will adorn parks and baskets around Anchorage. Take a close look at what's growing at the Mann Leiser Memorial Greenhouses at Russian Jack Springs Park.

McPhee gardens

Though the growing season is over at McPhee Community Gardens in Mountain View, evidence remains of the great care that was taken to grow traditional foods for some Anchorage families. Stroll through what remains at this urban agricultural reserve on a foggy fall morning.

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Insects and spiders

Some of the many good and bad bugs that can be found in our gardens.

Invasive Plants of Alaska

The flower of an orange hawkweed, one of the many invasive plants that can be found in Alaska. Invasive plants displace native vegetation and degrade wildlife habitat.

Invasive plants and weeds are becoming an increasing problem in Alaska. Here are some photos to help you identify the culprits.

Homer Garden Tour

Driftwood used in many gardens provided a sense of place. The third annual Homer Garden Tour of six private gardens took place under beautiful skies on Sunday, August 2, 2009. The gardens included a Homer homestead, a high altitude garden, greenhouses, unusual plants and a garden with an on-site landscaper.

The Homer Garden Tour sponsored by the Homer Garden Club took place on Sunday, August 2, 2009. Six gardens with a backdrop of Kachemak Bay were open to the public for viewing under blue skies.