Growing a garden here in Alaska has been a big learning curve for us. It is much cooler here than in PA, and the growing season is abysmally short. Nothing much grows outside until June, and all three years we’ve lived here we’ve gotten a killing frost the middle of August. This year we’re planning ahead a bit and have plastic to cover the garden. We’re hoping we can hold the frost off the plants and give them another week or two to produce!
Just came across your blog and love it. Short growing seasons sound hard. Have you tried perennialising your peppers and scarlet beans to give them a head start? They produce even better the second year. Also scarlet bean tubers are edible so after a couple of years you have that as an extra crop. This year we tried raspberry and blackberry canes as a vegetable which wofked really well – good for pickling.
It was very interesting seeing your garden! Its a total contrast of living where its always hot and cold weather crops dont work.
sorry, that last comment was me. I didn’t mean to be anonymous.
That was my hand next to the cabbage. I guess mine look like Mama’s! 🤣
wowsers, you guys are growing a garden! It looks beautiful and you are actually growing your own food! that’s exciting.
That was Mama’s hand on the cabbage wasn’t it? =) Fun to see.
And made me wish I could be walking thru your garden in person like her, but I’m so glad I can at least picture it a little altho I know it’s changed quite a bit from last year hasn’t it?