(The following is a press release from the University of Alaska Fairbanks news service) The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service has published a new comprehensive gardening manual. “Sustainable Gardening: The Alaska Master Gardener Manual” was adapted for Alaska from an Oregon State University publication, “Sustainable Gardening: The Oregon-Washington Master Gardener Handbook.” The 490-page [...]
Archive for the ‘Gardens’ Category
• UAF Cooperative Extension Service publishes new sustainable gardening manual for Alaska
Posted in Gardens, education, greenhouse, tagged food, education, encouragement, garden, Bob Gorman, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Alaska News Nightly, Alaska Public Radio Network (APRN), composting, Alaska Master Gardeners, Sustainable Gardening: The Alaska Master Gardener Manual, Sustainable Gardening: The Oregon-Washington Master Gardener Handbook, Oregon State University, Michele Hebert, agriculture, horticulture, soils and fertilizers, berry crops, plant diseases, pesticides, Stephen Brown, Jeff Smeenk, Tom Jahns, Fred Sorensen, Julie Riley, Heidi Rader, Bob Wheeler, Peter Bierman, Jay Moore on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
• Sitka Local Foods Network to host board meeting on Monday, Sept. 6
Posted in Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Gardens, Running of the Boots, Sitka Community Greenhouse and Education Center, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, Sitka Local Foods Network events, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, education, food security, greenhouse, tagged Sitka Local Foods Network, projects, food, community garden, community greenhouse, Sitka Farmers Market, garden, Sitka, Kerry MacLane, food security, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, St. Peter's By The Sea Episcopal Church, Running of the Boots, board meeting, Alaska Food Policy Council, Blatchley Community Gardens on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors will meet at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 6 (Labor Day) at the See House behind St. Peter’s By The Sea Episcopal Church. This is the board’s first monthly meeting since June, and the meeting is expected to last until 6 p.m. An agenda is posted below, [...]
• A Sitka 4-year-old tries her hand at potato sculpture
Posted in Gardens, tagged Sitka, kids' activities, potatoes, Violet Harrison, Erin Rofkar, potato sculpture on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After harvesting some potatoes with her mother earlier this week, Sitka 4-year-old Violet Harrison let her creativity flow and she created several potato sculptures. Thanks to Violet’s mother, Erin Rofkar, for sharing these photos of Violet with her sculptures of a scorpion, a moose, a bridge, the sun, a frog and a house with dogs.
• How does your garden grow? Sitka wants to see its best gardens
Posted in Gardens, greenhouse, tagged Sitka Local Foods Network, food, community garden, community greenhouse, encouragement, garden, Sitka, food production, flower gardens on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Does your neighbor have an incredible garden? Do you think your own garden looks pretty impressive? Then help the Sitka Local Foods Network find out who grows the best gardens in Sitka. If you know of someone with an impressive garden, take a picture or two and e-mail the photos by Sept. 11 to charleswbingham3@gmail.com. [...]
• Sitka Spud Walk to take place on Thursday (Aug. 12)
Posted in Gardens, education, tagged food, community garden, produce, education, encouragement, garden, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Sitka, food security, potatoes, UAF Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, potato plant diseases, potato-growing trials, Jodie Anderson on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Jodie Anderson with the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station will host a walking tour of local potato patches on Thursday (Aug. 12). The one-and-a-half-hour walk starts at 4:30 p.m. at the Crescent Harbor Shelter, near the corner of Lincoln Street and Harbor Drive. The tour will visit several of Sitka’s [...]
• Deadline nears for getting food and other entries to the Southeast Alaska State Fair in Haines
Posted in Awards, Gardens, Local food in Alaska projects and research, Local food in the news, education, tagged Sitka Local Foods Network, projects, traditional foods, fish, produce, berries, education, encouragement, garden, Sitka, Haines, salmon, cod, halibut, arts and crafts, potatoes, carrots, jams and jellies, Southeast Alaska State Fair, big veggies, homemade beer and wine, exhibitor's guide, Jeanette Berry, Alaska Marine Lines on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The deadline for getting your local entries ready for the Southeast Alaska State Fair is this week if you want to take advantage of free shipping from Sitka. Jeanette Berry, the Sitka town representative for the fair, needs to have all non-perishable entries packed and delivered to the Alaska Marine Lines office in Sitka by [...]
• St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm hosts Saturday and Wednesday work parties throughout the summer
Posted in Gardens, Sitka Farmers Market, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, tagged carrots, community garden, Doug Osborne, encouragement, farmers market, food, food security, fresh vegetables, garden, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, potatoes, produce, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, St. Peter's By The Sea Episcopal Church, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There will be St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm work parties from 4:30-6 p.m. every Wednesday afternoon and from 3-5 p.m. every Saturday afternoon throughout the summer (when there aren’t Sitka Farmers Markets scheduled). While most of the garden has been planted and veggies are growing, there is a lot of maintenance work needed to keep the [...]
• Alaska Permaculture Guild to host state’s first permaculture design certification course
Posted in Gardens, Local food in the news, education, tagged Ageya Wilderness School, Alaska Permaculture Community, Alaska Permaculture Design Course, Alaska Permaculture Guild, holistic design system, Homer, permaculture design certification course on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Alaska Permaculture Guild will host Alaska’s first permaculture design certification course on Aug. 9-22, at the Ageya Wilderness School in Homer. This complete, 72-hour course (two weeks) lays the foundation for understanding and using natural principles to design abundant, sustainable systems that provide for basic human needs of healthy foods, housing, energy and meaningful [...]
• St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm hosts Saturday and Wednesday work parties throughout the summer
Posted in Gardens, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, tagged berries, carrots, community garden, Doug Osborne, education, encouragement, farmers market, food, food security, garden, harvesting, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, market, potatoes, produce, radishes, replanting, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, St. Peter's By The Sea Episcopal Church, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, thinning crops, watering, weeding, weekly on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There will be St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm work parties from 4:30-6 p.m. 5-6:30 p.m. every Wednesday afternoon and from 3-5 p.m. 2-4 p.m. every Saturday afternoon (when there aren’t Sitka Farmers Markets scheduled) throughout the summer. (PLEASE NOTE CORRECTED TIMES) While most of the garden has been planted and veggies are growing, there is a [...]
