The camps allow opportunities for youth to create a deeper connection to Calypso Farm by providing an educational experience that extends beyond what’s offered during field trips.
This aerial view of Fairbanks, taken in the early 1940s, shows Immaculate Conception Church and its large garden and the use of the Chena River for airplanes on floats — something we don't see much of today.
Sunday, June 23, 2019
During the last 40 years of gardening, I had not only learned numerous little tips and shortcuts but had also become set and inflexible in my beloved routines and techniques.
Saturday, June 22, 2019
As we gained the first ridgetop, we entered a dream landscape of flowing white. From a distance, it looked like blowing snow. Cottongrass is a lovely sedge of waving white seedballs, as soft as a puppy’s belly. It grows throughout the far north, in acidic bogs.
In the not-so-distant past, if you gardened, you also saved seeds. You don’t have to now, but you still might want to. Saving seeds is like the black belt for gardeners. If you want to take your garden and your gardening skills to the next level, then start saving seeds. Next, select seeds f…
Eleven decades ago there were still places on Earth unseen by human eyes. The previous centuries had brought Europeans to every habitable — and profitable — location on the globe. A few remote realms, however, remained unreached. For those seeking glory for themselves and their nations, the …
Sunday, June 09, 2019
Thinning beets is a bit different than thinning other vegetables. Take ahold of a young leaf and gently pull it away from the others to see if there are multiple stems. If so, pluck out all but one and leave a plant every 3 inches.
As Alaskans, our connection to the outdoors is reflected in art and in material culture.
It seems a bit ludicrous now, first to invest so much emotion in a tree, and secondly, to think whacking off the top would cure it. But our father, always obliging, climbed up and sliced through the 7-inch trunk to remove the upper third of the tree.
Of all the legends from Alaska’s pioneer era, few if any are as beloved and revered as the tale of the Sourdough Expedition.
Saturday, June 08, 2019
Alive since the days Natives first noticed wooden ships in Yakutat Bay, the Sitka spruce died a few decades ago, when an unseen glacier drowned them.
