Food

Salmon are beginning to hit the nets of subsistence fishermen around Bristol Bay. Eddie Clark was fishing at coffee point near Egegik last week when he got his first salmon.

Master Gardener Ed Buyarski says the larvae attack the roots of cabbage, radish, kale, rutabaga, cauliflower, broccoli and turnips. In warm weather, their leaves wilt because their damaged roots cannot pull up enough moisture. Root maggot larvae burrow into the roots and leave tell-tale holes and tracks.

The first people who came to Alaska likely trekked on foot across a land bridge during the last ice age. It’s always been a bit of a mystery how they survived the long, dark winters we still see today.

Gardeners thinking about a crop of cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower later this season should start them indoors now.

Eight Nome correctional center inmates contracted a strain of E. coli from eating romaine lettuce. The confirmed cases are the first in Alaska related to a national outbreak. 

Master Gardener Ed Buyarski also has some hints for keeping our garlic going until harvest later this summer.