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Katherine Shenk recently taught a workshop on winter sowing. This is a great method for starting certain seeds (not all seeds will do well in Alaska with this method, scroll down below the video for more tips). Winter sowing is a technique that allows you to start garden vegetables from seeds outdoors during the winter […]

Are you getting ready for all things SEEDS? Free Community Events start next week already! Winter Sowing Workshop Meet at the Green Connection on 15th Ave.Catherine Shenk will be demonstrating how to start your seeds early and toss them out in a snow bank in a milk jug—well, the brassicas at least. Come and get […]

Below are a few resources on starting garden plants from seed. We’ll add more to this list in the future! UAF Alaska Cooperative Extension’s publications on seed starting. Particularly helpful for beginners: Publication HGA-00032 Seed Starting an Transplanting Publication HGA-00040 Seed Starting with Mara Bacsujlaky Publication HGA-00134 16 Easy Steps to Gardening in Alaska Our […]

Our friends at Yarducopia have a great video series on beginning gardening techniques! Find it on their website: Row By Row Video Series Video of Anchor Gardens workshop from 2020:

Sharp tools will make your work a lot easier! Thanks to Dohnn Wood for these tips!

Thanks to member Dohnn Wood for these tips!

Thanks to Kristi Wood for these tips on urban foraging! (Videos from 2020)

Christine from Spruce Tip Farm and Nursery recently shared this great guide on hot composting: How to: Hot Composting

Sun Circle Farm in Palmer shared this tour of their indoor growing setup in their garage. (Video originally shared in April 2020).

We hope you enjoy these recorded presentations! The first is from the 2020 Alaska Food Policy Conference and features Cindee Karns and Theresa Brown. It is about one hour long and the title of the presentation is Anchor Gardens: a grassroots effort building community and food security in Anchorage Want just the quick and dirty? […]