Talk Dirt To Me

Gardening in Alaska presents big challenges, whether it's the extra effort in finding plants tough enough to survive our Zone 2-4 climate, communicating with like-minded Alaska gardeners, or keeping up with the latest trends, issues and solutions. We'll try to help with that. We'll also tour gardens from Homer to Anchorage to Wasilla to Willow whenever we get the chance, and post the best garden photos around. Presenting a forum about cold-weather gardening and for cold-weather gardeners is what we are all about. We hope you'll join us on the Talk Dirt garden blog.

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

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Alex Davis in the Northway Mall last year. Fran Durner/ADNAlex Davis in the Northway Mall last year. Fran Durner/ADNMissing the farmers markets as you think ahead towards Thanksgiving?

Several of the farmers and vendors have moved inside where it's warm and cozy and can be found on Wednesdays at the Northway Mall from 11-6.

The good news is the numbers have grown and now include both Alex Davis and Mark Rempel with organic produce, yummy fresh bread and sweets from the Red Beet Cafe, dairy products from the Matanuska Creamery and, what excites me most, Dan Bilyeu will bring his fabulous oyster mushrooms in from Kenai as often as he can. My mouth is watering....

Bilyeu has promised he will be there tomorrow with oyster mushrooms and possibly next week as well with oysters AND shitake mushrooms if they grow well.

Also, Davis is taking orders for fresh, free range turkeys!

Davis says he will have potatoes, beets, cabbage, carrots, parsnips, and kohlrabi this week as well as honey in several sizes, home made jam, and fresh eggs.

Stripetti squash, sugar pumpkns and 20lb bags of potatoes can be found at the Rempel Family stand inside the Northway Mall. Fran Durnerr/ADNStripetti squash, sugar pumpkns and 20lb bags of potatoes can be found at the Rempel Family stand inside the Northway Mall. Fran Durnerr/ADNI'm hoping either he or the Rempels will have some Brussels sprouts as well....

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