In My Alaska Garden — Summer Finally Arrives!
South Side Farmer’s Market in Anchorage
The Farmer’s Markets (above) don’t have much produce yet (the cold temps have slowed down growth) but they are open every Saturday selling bread, meats, some veggies and plant starts.
The temperatures are now above 50 degrees at night (finally) so items in the hoop house are MUCH happier! Plus, I must open both doors during the day. (In the photo are my tomato, green pepper, and cucumber plants with some basil mixed in).
It’s finally warm enough to bring my fuchsia’s home from the Nursery!
My Fuchsias are back!
Yay…Alaska summer is finally here!
Between the huge report I finished last week and all of the activity with the Assembly (yes, I will post on it) and all the physical activity in the yard and greenhouse, I am so tired I keep drifting off at the keyboard. (We’re trying to get everything ready to leave for four days to join my husband on the Kasilof Beach where he is already setnetting. We’ll also be spending a day in Homer! Psssst…Homoroids…are ya listening! Party at Fritz Creek Gardens!) So, I’m mostly posting photos showing plant progress this week.
Remember how the beans (on the right) had not even germinated last week and it was too hard to tell from the first leaves that these (left) plants were peas?? What a difference a week makes!
Peas & Beans
The lettuce is growing visibly every single day.
We will be taking a bunch of kale to my in-laws (and peppermint for my mother-in-law’s tea).
And here comes the Little Jade Cabbage!
My issues this week:
— I’ve been using the Sluggo faithfully in the raised beds but am still finding tiny holes in the cabbage leaves (of course, I don’t know how many of them are from before). I haven’t actually seen a slug since I started using it, however, so I’ll continue to be the slug police!
— I’m having to replant some of the greenhouse stuff because I did not put enough vermiculite and pearlite in the soil for drainage and/or did not put enough holes in the bottom of the containers and/or have the containers sitting on boards rather than perforated shelving. I believe that’s the problem I’ve been having with my basil.
I’m also having to split up some of the containers because they are too crowded.
Are you all enjoying the sun?
Enjoy the fishing, Linda & family. The garden looks beautiful. Yum.
Sorry for the off topic comment but I just saw over at immoral minority that all three defendants in the militia trial were found guilty on some of the counts against them. It is also on ADN but I don’t patronize their web site.
I have the full account up now. I was able to be there today.
We got a bit of badly needed rain yesterday and more is expected today, but it’s not enough to make up for.our monthly shortage. We could use about three days of drizzle for the gardens. I have tomatoes on the vine and their slowly growing. Now that a lot of plants are beginning to produce it seems that they have slowed down to tease me while the weeds are growing double time. 😀 last week, I harvested some of my early red potatoes. That put a big smile on my face. I planted more where I dug those up from.
It’s been fun picking fresh herbs to cook with too!
Have a great time gathering salmon! Thanks for all you do Linda!
70 degrees and sunny in Eagle River today! First time I have seen a no-kidding 70 on the thermometer this year!
Yaaaaayyyy!!
wasting heat in an icebox makes less sense than wasting youth on young people. rilly,what would you use heat for if you had some?
I know the cooler temperatures are slowing down the growth of your veggies, but I’d trade them in a minute for what we’re going to get this week.
It’s the last week of school and I will be relocating to another part of the building (although the principal hasn’t told me where yet…arrgghhh!) so I have to pack up all of my stuff and move it. My personal materials will be coming home with me and the materials that belong to the school have to go…somewhere. The really bad part of this scenario? It’s supposed to be in the low 90s for most of this week and we don’t have AC in our old building. I am currently in the basement so every box has to be carried up the stairs before I can use whatever hand truck hasn’t been snatched up by another teacher.
I still have a few grape tomato and herb plants that haven’t made it into the bed at the back of the house because my caryopteris has spread to the tomato spot and those rapidly growing shrubs have to be moved first. Between the weather and the way my back’s going to be screaming, they will all just have to wait a few more days to get put in their new home!
Oh. We are not having any sun… not for a week and then only for a day. Dang.
Temps still only in high 40s at night and barely making it above 50 during day.
Basking in the photos of your sun though 🙂
Holy moley on your kale! Direct seeded?
If so, I’m dragging the picture outside and showing my laggards!
Do you have sawflies there? the lil creeps make a mess of my rhubarb leaves and a couple other things.
Have a good fishing trip! Thank you for sharing your fuschias- lovely, lovely.