Fabulous summer gardens are planned in winter. Check these sites for inspiration.
Gardening: This is the best time to look at Alaska garden possibilities and prepare for the upcoming season.
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Here are some great gardening newsletters for your winter reading list
Gardening: There’s a ton of great writing about organic gardening that can be delivered to your email inbox. And why not peruse the news from Australia, or England while you’re at it?
It’s time to seed your ideas for this year’s garden
Alaska gardening: Here are online sources for seeds, plus the one heirloom seed catalog worth getting your hands on in hard copy.
Exploring the gardening potential of the Last Frontier over 100 years ago
Around the turn of the 20th century, Charles C. Georgeson helped establish agricultural experimental stations across Alaska.
Alaska gardeners should resolve to plant a row for the hungry this year
Gardening: There are no real rules, no government administration, no required overseer or sponsor group for this program.
Beyond poinsettias, here are suggestions for your Christmas plant collection
Gardening: How about trying to bring these all into bloom in time for the holidays?
ATV lawn mower? Customized gnome? Trendy gardening gift ideas our expert suggests you avoid.
Gardening: Bet you didn’t know that for a mere $150 you could have a little statue made with a very realistic depiction of the head of your favorite gardener.
These gifts for gardeners can be wrapped and put under the Christmas tree
Gardening: The best gift is probably a helping hand in the yard or garden next season.
How to choose poinsettias and Christmas trees
Gardening: Once you’ve bought your holiday plants, here’s how to care for them.
It’s the winter of COVID-19 — what better time to experiment with alternative ways to germinate plants?
Alaska gardening: The old standby, of course, is using eggshells to grow plants. But why stop there when there are also bananas, potatoes or even baby diapers?
An Anchorage woman noticed red snow in her backyard. Here’s a possible cause.
Alaska gardening: Some who have encountered red snow claim it smells like watermelon, hence the name “watermelon snow.”
There must be a better way to melt that ice slick on your walkway. Here are some ideas.
Gardening: Coffee grounds, rubbing alcohol, sand ... beet juice? We might need to test these garden-friendlier suggestions for ice melt ourselves.
Here’s the link between your lilac bushes and ski conditions this winter
Gardening: There really is a direct connection between plants and precipitation.
These new exotic plants are worth your indoor growing efforts this winter
Gardening: Interesting new houseplants are coming on the market, along with classics that have been greatly improved.
Here are some tips if you want to go big on bird feeders this winter
Gardening: A recent column about bird feeders sparked a surprising number of questions from readers. Here are some answers.
Bird feeders can be an excellent wintertime remedy for family lockdown boredom
Gardening: With so many of us cooped up indoors due to cold and COVID-19, backyard bird feeding will be even more popular.
Give your houseplants some love now, so they can cheer you up all winter
Gardening: This year, houseplants are not going to be a luxury, but rather a necessity for sanity.
Take these tasks off your autumn to-do list forever
Gardening advice: Raking leaves and staking young trees aren’t necessary and can even be harmful.
It’s time to put away your garden hoses, plant bulbs and scope out OPL (other people’s leaves)
Gardening: The problem for Alaska gardeners this time of year is that the end of the outdoor season could be three or four weeks away. Or, it could come tomorrow.
Buy seeds for your indoor garden now — before everyone else has the same idea
Gardening: This winter you can grow herbs, sprout seeds and cultivate lettuces or tomatoes and peppers. Or grow edible flowers, like lavender and edible violets.