Gardening: Hawkweed and perennial sow thistle should be driven out whenever possible. Also, it's probably time to thin the vegetables in your garden bed.
Gardening: Southcentral Alaska is having a big year for aphids. The best remedy for your yard is the safest.
Gardening: There's a difference between rabbits and hares, but not when it comes to damaging everything from roses to lettuces.
Gardening in Alaska: Before you buy Earth- and human-harming chemicals, ask yourself one question: “Do I love my lawn more than I do my family and my neighbors?”
Gardening in Alaska: Also, what trees to replace beetle-killed spruce trees? The answer might surprise you.
Gardening in Alaska: Weeding should be on your early-season to-do list if you want to save yourself a lot of work later on.
Gardening: We have all had at least one gas-powered tool fail to respond until finally the only solution is to get a replacement.
Gardening has always been popular in Alaska. But even more families are turning to it as a way to cope, and nurseries say they’re having trouble keeping vegetable starts and seeds in stock.
Watering, pest and weed control, harvesting rhubarb: This time of year comes with a long to-do list.
Jeff Lowenfels answers readers’ yard and garden questions: Why are birch trees dripping? To rototill or not to rototill?
Gardening: Longtime readers know about the squirrel’s ear tip. Here are a few others.
Alaska gardening advice: Since the snow is just melting, let’s start with this rule: Stay off the lawn until it dries.
Gardening: Many factors are driving the current surge of interest in vegetable gardening.
Gardening in Alaska: Nurseries are still open and the gardening spirit thrives.
Gardening: It’s time to think about getting creative and sharing what we have. We are all in this together. Gardeners always have been.
Customers are gravitating to vegetables high in nutrients, such as kale, spinach and other quick-to-grow leafy greens, seed companies say. The other top seller is beans.
Gardening: If we can’t get seeds, soil, containers and starts, how are we going to engage in growing food?
Gardening: The biggest question: What to replant after beetle kills? The answer was surprising.
Tomato seeds, for one.
Gardening: Radishes, peas and carrots are all seeds that can germinate in cool soil.
