Master Gardener Ed Buyarski has some inspiration for making something out of those blueberries, cherries, salmonberries and other berries you just picked.
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Providers say low-income children, families in Alaska will bear disproportionate weight of Dunleavy budget vetoes
There are 42,000 children living in Alaska households that receive some form of public assistance, and the state’s budget cuts will likely touch all of them.
Stranded by Alaska’s ferry strike, a Juneau pretzel baker is turning a profit in Haines
The original plan was to return to Juneau after the Southeast Alaska State Fair. But with no ferries running, the Peterson’s Pretzels truck is stuck in Haines. And business is booming.
Gardentalk – Nip that flower after pollination
Removing a zucchini plant’s female flower, for example, can prevent the spread of fungus into the rest of the plant and the developing zucchini.
Gardentalk – Harvest potential exploders before the big rain
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski recommends that you harvest as many ripe cherries and cabbage as you can before they split and become inedible.
‘Who are the 100?’ If budget vetoes stand, Anchorage shelter says it must choose who stays and who leaves.
As prospects for a veto override look increasingly slim, organizations that provide aid to low-income, homeless and other needy Alaskans say they’re facing increasingly difficult choices.