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Susan Cushing’s lovely arrangement of succulents thrive on her kitchen window sill. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

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Kachemak Gardener: Hold off on starts for now and focus on houseplants

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

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)

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Kachemak Gardener: Encouragement for the growing season ahead

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

Molly Stonorov’s amaryllis adds its enthusiasm to our lengthening January days.

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Kachemak Gardener: January is the month to start planning a garden

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

A photo from the Kachemak Gardener's 2021 season. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

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Kachemak Gardener: Farewell … Until next year

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

The “grands” — Luca, Cecilia and Flora — pause on a fall garden walk. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

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Kachemak Gardener: Take a tour of your garden

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

Mock orange, Shubert’s Red, mountain ash, red twigged dogwood and Miss Kim lilac, all successfully blend their fall colors. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

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Kachemak Gardener: Who doesn’t love fall?

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

Lysimachia purpurea’s yellow blooms glimmer in the fall light. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

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Kachemak Gardener: Fall is here but there’s still lots to do in the garden

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

Carrots, beets, red cabbage are on their way to the kitchen. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

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Kachemak Gardener: Time to harvest the vegetable garden

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

Debi Poore stands under her very successful pea tunnel on Aug. 20, 2021, at her home in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

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Kachemak Gardener: Keep the garden parties going

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

"Better late than never," the Kachemak Gardener said of the late-summer plants blooming in her garden in Homer. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick).

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Kachemak Gardener: Plenty of time to harvest in the land of the midnight sun

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

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)

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Kachemak Gardener: the harvest is on— the whole point of a vegetable garden

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

Veronica in full vibrant bloom is a welcome sight in the perennial border. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

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Kachemak Gardener: Be patient with gardening and have hope

Sun, rain have cause perennials and shrubs to bloom magnificently.

Thalictrum (meadow rue) and meconopsis poppies offer a bright note in the back of an early border. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

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Kachemak Gardener: 2021 gardening season is like a science project

Stalled, dead and late plants are part of the challenge of gardening at latitude 59.5 north.