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    Gardening
    USDA/NRCS logo. Photo provided
    NRCS helps residents grow food security in Alaska
    By Tracy Robillard • March 20, 2025 2:30 am

    Food security is a concern for all Alaskans. Approximately 95% of food purchased in Alaska is imported, accounting for around…

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    Photo provided by Brenda Adams
Brenda Adams’ garden, located out East End Road, is included in the 2023 Homer Garden Tour.
    Garden Club Tour features five local gardens
    By Emilie Springer • July 12, 2023 1:30 am

    An annual highlight of the summer, the Homer Garden Club 2023 Tour will take place on Sunday, July 16 from…

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    Susan Cushing’s lovely arrangement of succulents thrive on her kitchen window sill. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)
    Kachemak Gardener: Hold off on starts for now...
    By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • February 16, 2022 5:30 am

    The end of February is the usual time for me to get seeds started. Tomatoes, artichoke, onions, shallots and a…

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    Debi Poore has nurtured these petticoat daffodils (bublocodium narcissus) on her window sill this winter, bringing a bright spot to her domestic hubbub. (Photo by Debi Poore)
    Kachemak Gardener: Encouragement for the growing season ahead
    By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • February 2, 2022 5:30 am

    I’ve been reading about allotments in England. These are plots of land, about the size of a doubles tennis court…

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    Molly Stonorov’s amaryllis adds its enthusiasm to our lengthening January days.
    Kachemak Gardener: January is the month to start...
    By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • January 19, 2022 5:30 am

    You may not be thinking about gardening, but I am, so welcome aboard my train of thought because January is…

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    A photo from the Kachemak Gardener's 2021 season. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)
    Kachemak Gardener: Farewell … Until next year
    By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • November 10, 2021 5:30 am

    The Kachemak Gardener shares her favorite photos from the 2021 season.

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    The “grands” — Luca, Cecilia and Flora — pause on a fall garden walk. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)
    Kachemak Gardener: Take a tour of your garden
    By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • October 27, 2021 5:30 am

    A visit from the Kachemak Gardener’s ‘grands’ prompts a tour of the garden.

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    Mock orange, Shubert’s Red, mountain ash, red twigged dogwood and Miss Kim lilac, all successfully blend their fall colors. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)
    Kachemak Gardener: Who doesn’t love fall?
    By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • October 13, 2021 5:30 am

    Combining shades of gold, red/gold, a little straight up red — fall is a marvelous season.

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    Lysimachia purpurea’s yellow blooms glimmer in the fall light. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)
    Kachemak Gardener: Fall is here but there’s still...
    By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • September 29, 2021 5:30 am

    We took our own advice, packed the rickety camper (an A-Liner), and headed north to Hidden Lake. This is a…

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    Carrots, beets, red cabbage are on their way to the kitchen. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)
    Kachemak Gardener: Time to harvest the vegetable garden
    By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • September 15, 2021 5:30 am

    It’s that magnificent time of year when you really should head north. No need to leave the peninsula — the…

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    Debi Poore stands under her very successful pea tunnel on Aug. 20, 2021, at her home in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)
    Kachemak Gardener: Keep the garden parties going
    By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • September 1, 2021 5:30 am

    September got here in a hurry. There is much to do, and I made a stab at some of it…

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    "Better late than never," the Kachemak Gardener said of the late-summer plants blooming in her garden in Homer. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick).
    Kachemak Gardener: Plenty of time to harvest in...
    By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • August 18, 2021 5:30 am

    Yikes! I just spent two of the most peaceful evening hours in the garden and completely forgot that this column…

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    Linum rubrum is really just an annual red flax, but the bloom is satiny and edged with black and not to be resisted. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)
    Kachemak Gardener: the harvest is on— the whole...
    By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • August 4, 2021 5:30 am

    The harvest is on. Spinach and chard are in the freezer. Gorgeous heads of broccoli (Arcadia) are meeting the same…

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