On this episode of Garden Talk, Ed Buyarksi discusses the different ways that flowers, vegetables, fruits and berries need to be pollinated. Bees, birds, wind, and sometimes the gardeners themselves are all needed to make it happen. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905.
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Garden Talk: May 25, 2022
On this episode of Garden Talk, Ed Buyarski shares techniques on thermoregulating your vegetable plants in hotter temperatures, particularly in greenhouses. He also updates us on what he’s planting this time of year. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905.
Garden Talk: May 18, 2022
Ed Buyarski says gardens are slow in coming to fruition this year, due to cooler weather. But he says it’s still a good time to fertilize your plants. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905.
Garden Talk: May 11, 2022
In this week’s Garden Talk, Ed Buyarski talks with KTOO’s Rhonda McBride about how to help your strawberries survive an onslaught of threats — from mold, mildew and slugs, to porcupines that dine voraciously on their leaves, as well as the squirrels who love the berries. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call…
Rangers search for solo climber on Denali
The National Park Service is searching for a solo climber on Denali after he failed to check in with a friend by satellite phone for several days.
Shipping a gondola system from Austria to Juneau will cost more than double the initial estimate
The gondola system weighs several hundred tons and will take more than 25 truckloads to get to Eaglecrest.
Garden Talk: May 4, 2022
On this episode of Garden Talk, Ed Buyarski extolls the virtues of cultivating flowers. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905.
Most paralytic shellfish poisoning cases were among Alaska Natives, but state lacks data for subsistence foods
Cases on Kodiak comprised 25% of statewide incidents of the illness. Areas in Southeast Alaska — like Juneau, Ketchikan and Prince of Wales Island — also recorded high case rates.
Garden Talk: April 27, 2022
This is the time to tranplant or plant berries, cherries, and apples! Ed Buyarski shares tips about the best varieties to grow in Southeast Alaska, and how to make sure they get pollinated. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905.
Garden Talk: April 20, 2022
On this week’s episode of Garden Talk, Ed Buyarski discusses the ways he tracks the weather and keeps records of his garden from year to year. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905.