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Flowers bloom in the garden of Rachel Lord, who owns and operates Alaska Stems, during the annual Garden Tour on Sunday, July 28, 2019 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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As we begin the slow and inevitable crawl toward fall, we are hurried along by Homer’s uncharacteristically warm…

Cottage pinks, asiatic lilies, heuchera, thalictrum, all happily cohabitate in a very unplanned perennial bed at the Kachemak Gardener’s garden in this photo taken on July 28, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

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Kachemak Gardener: Fast and Furious gardening season has been quite a ride

FAST AND FURIOUS. That’s what this growing season is handing us, the first one the likes of this…

Kachemak Cuisine: Enjoy a light meal with summer salad

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Kachemak Cuisine: Enjoy a light meal with summer salad

I never would have guessed I would want it to rain as badly as I did while living…

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Homer artist to show in Fairbanks, Valdez and Anchorage

Fireweed blooms in the hills overlooking Kachemak Bay as seen from Old East End Road on Saturday, July 20, 2019 near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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In light of all the recent accidents that seem to be plaguing the southern Kenai Peninsula, and, indeed,…

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Ani DiFranco to headline Salmonfest

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Ani DiFranco to headline Salmonfest

Annual festival returns with increased camping space, costume contest and more

Homer Farmers Market: Bounty of summer hitting Market early

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Homer Farmers Market: Bounty of summer hitting Market early

I have a house full of peonies. They have popped so much earlier this year than normal that…

Grands Marguerite Vallee, Cecilia Fitzpatrick and Genevieve Vallee seek shade, solace, companionship and Doritos under the lilacs on the Fourth of July in the Kachemak Gardener’s garden. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

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Kachemak Gardener: Share gardens through neighborhood stroll

What better way to share a whole street worth of gardens than to have a “Garden Stroll?” I…

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As fun as that heatwave was while it lasted, the Betster is personally relieved that we finally got…

Walker’s paintings seek ‘a sense of the past and the present’

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Walker’s paintings seek ‘a sense of the past and the present’

On a warm, sunny day earlier this month for First Friday at Bunnell Street Arts Center, a soft…

Homer Farmers Market: New farmers learn in modern ways — and some old

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Homer Farmers Market: New farmers learn in modern ways — and some old

A lot has changed about farming since the Homer Farmers Market opened up 20 years ago. One of…