Talk Dirt To Me

Do you love to make mud pies, grow a houseplant, eat veggies, or stop to smell the bouquet on your co-workers desk? Everyone enjoys a bit of green growing around him or her and then there are those that are passionate and needy when it comes to dabbling in the dirt. With this blog, we'll try to satisfy those needs and tell you about what's going on with the Anchorage gardening scene. You know, as I finally learned, it's all about the dirt.

Photographer and gardener Fran Durner (fdurner@adn.com) writes the blog.


2008 Anchorage garden tour

Take an interactive tour of the gardens showing in Anchorage's garden tour, with photos and audio commentary from each gardener.

Fertilizer prices going up - 1/7/2009 4:40 pm

The catalogs are arriving - 1/6/2009 4:33 pm

Q&A with Becky Myrvold - 1/4/2009 6:09 pm

January Garden Calendar - 12/29/2008 5:05 pm

Light up the night with ice - 12/28/2008 7:40 pm

Best slug tip of the year - 12/21/2008 2:41 pm

Make way for ducklings - 12/18/2008 10:00 am

Painting with Ice Fog - 12/16/2008 11:43 am

Christmas in the Tropics - 12/14/2008 5:20 pm

Still Life with Carol Lambert - 12/11/2008 2:02 pm

Holly is a Christmas tradition - 12/9/2008 9:35 am

Gift Book Ideas - 12/7/2008 5:57 pm

Christmas tree time - 12/4/2008 1:30 pm

Splitting dahlias with Amelia Walsh - 12/2/2008 9:53 am

December Garden Calendar - 11/30/2008 4:39 pm

Thanks - 11/26/2008 9:50 am

Greenhouse, nursery and peony conferences coming in January - 11/24/2008 6:20 pm

About Garden Design - 11/23/2008 4:15 pm

50 Years of Statehood - 11/19/2008 3:26 pm

Try pinwheels for moose defense - 11/18/2008 3:38 pm

Harvest bark responsibly - 11/16/2008 2:52 pm

Have a healthy winter - 11/13/2008 3:09 pm

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An excursion boat cruises by trees in autumn colors on the Lake Chuzenji at Nikko, in north-central Japan, on Friday October 17, 2008.  The trees around the scenic lake, located within the Nikko National Park, began to turn bright red and yellow earlier than usual according to the local tourist association. AP Photo/Kyodo News, Kenichi MurakamiAn excursion boat cruises by trees in autumn colors on the Lake Chuzenji at Nikko, in north-central Japan, on Friday October 17, 2008. The trees around the scenic lake, located within the Nikko National Park, began to turn bright red and yellow earlier than usual according to the local tourist association. AP Photo/Kyodo News, Kenichi Murakami

Had to share these beautiful fall colors photos from Japan and Norway.

The yellow color of autumn reflects in the quiet surface of the river Drammenselva near Drammen in Eastern Norway. AP Photo/SCANPIX, Lise AserudThe yellow color of autumn reflects in the quiet surface of the river Drammenselva near Drammen in Eastern Norway. AP Photo/SCANPIX, Lise Aserud


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