The plants can better adapt to new locations when the weather is cool and they are finished blooming.
Outdoors
Garden Talk: Late-blooming perennials at the Jensen-Olson Arboretum
Primula florindae flowers can bloom in a variety of shades when planted alongside a primula of a different color.
Garden Talk: What grows well in Juneau greenhouses
Some cucumber and tomato varieties do particularly well in Southeast Alaska greenhouses.
Garden Talk: Creative solutions for controlling weeds — like eating them
Chickweed has a mild taste and is nutritious when eaten fresh.
Alaska hunting guide serving 6 months in prison for ‘multi-year wildlife crime spree’
It’s fairly unusual for an Alaskan guide to get a prison sentence for violating wildlife laws.
Garden Talk: Air-drying garlic and herbs
After garlic is harvested, it can be cured by hanging in a warm, dry place with good air circulation for a few weeks.
A very wet Ironman weekend ahead for Juneau
This weekend’s rain event is the result of an atmospheric river — a long, fat column of moisture aloft that looks a lot like a river in satellite imagery.
Sterling man writes guide to Kenai refuge’s ‘underutilized’ canoe trails
The system includes two rivers and 70 lakes, stretching deep into protected refuge lands on the central Kenai Peninsula.
Petersburg man tries to swim across Frederick Sound for ‘no good reason’
Andrew Simmonds is 60 years old. The farthest he’d ever swum was two miles in a pool.
Father and 2 young children rescued after taking wrong Ketchikan trail
It’s the second backcountry rescue in the Ketchikan area in less than a week.