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.
MARCH: Arugula, Asian greens, beets, carrots, chard, collard greens, kale, lettuce mixes, mizuna, mustard greens, parsley, radishes, spinach, and turnips
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…
Common dandelions (taraxacum officinale), native to Europe, are thought to have been introduced to North America by immigrants who brought the plants with them to use as medicine.