During the Alaskan summer, plants are sprouting, greening up, flowering, fruiting, and storing their nutrients in their roots. It’s a joy to capture snippets of all this energy and savor the wild flavors and nutrients of summer later in the year.
My partner transplanted a small raspberry bush from the side of McCarthy Road in rural McCarthy, Alaska, to the river bluff in front of our cabin-building site. Twelve years later, we have a cabin and a thriving raspberry patch, though I am not sure if the wild raspberries came from that one transplant.
Reap the benefits of these seasonal treasures. One of the first plants to come up in my garden are evergreen bunching onions (Allium fistulosum). A wise neighbor taught me that you can plant these cold-hardy onions one spring from seed, and if you leave some bulbs in the ground, green onion shoots will come the…
By making carbonated soda at home, you can celebrate and preserve flavors from the warmer months.