Joe Orsi recommends carefully digging the garlic plants out from below, washing the bulbs, and peeling off some of the wrappers before hanging them to dry.
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Gardentalk – Viewing Southeast Alaska’s summer wildflower bonanza
Deb Rudis says the best places around Juneau to view Alaska wildflowers include up the road to the Eaglecrest Ski Area, Brotherhood Bridge meadow, Eagle Beach area and Cowee Meadows off 38 mile Glacier Highway.
Gardentalk — Why timing is critical for harvesting garlic scapes
Snap them off when they start bending over and looping on themselves or you may have small garlic bulbs at harvest time.
Gardentalk — Fruit trees and berries still craving more warm sunshine
Blueberries, raspberries, apples and cherries all seem to be late this season, likely because they have little energy left over from last year’s cool and wet conditions.
Gardentalk — Harvesting and using wild celery and devil’s club
Other common edible plants in the Juneau area include dandelion, broadleaf plantain, broadleaf avens, chickweed, sourdock, fireweed, and salmonberry.
Gardentalk – How to recycle kitchen scraps, yard debris to make your own garden compost
Lisa Daugherty prefers layering carbon on top of food scraps in a compost bin so that it doesn’t attract flies, squirrels, ravens, and bears.