Archive for March 2002
Featured Fruit — Gooseberry
GOOSEBERRY Ribes spp. Saxifragaceae Gooseberries are shrubs which grow best in cool climates with cold winters. American gooseberries have weeping stems and will root themselves where they touch the ground. The leaves are glossy and dark green, deeply lobed, and grow alternately along the stem. The stems are woody and carry thorns at each…
Read MoreRecipes – Spring 2002
Homemade Fruit Juice from Jackson Gardens Pick berries when ripe and freeze. Later, thaw berries in a strainer to remove juice naturally, without killing the healthy enzymes in them. Once the berries are thawed and strained, you can use a juicer or steamer to get the last of the juice out. Freeze the juice…
Read MoreThe Benefits to Plants and Soil
Reprinted with permission from Soil Foodweb Inc. By DR. ELAINE INGHAM President, Soil Foodweb Incorporated, www.soilfoodweb.com What benefits are possible that make it worth paying attention to the biological side of soils in addition to the chemistry and mineral fertility? Are there any economic benefits that can make a real difference to net farm…
Read MoreBeneficial Insects – The Best Pesticide
By ROCCO MOSCHETTI IPM of Alaska “When you kill off the natural enemies of the pests, you inherit their work” –C. Huffacker Insects are a vast group of creatures: there are more species of beetles alone than there are of all other animals put together. Although over 750,000 species of insects are known,…
Read MoreBooks Review – Spring 2002
By TAMI SCHLIES Tall and Tasty Fruit Trees by Merideth Sayles Hughes 80 pages This book is actually a children’s book I found while at the library with my kids. Being the fruit fiend I am, I picked it up to flip through and ended up checking it out! It has sections on…
Read MoreDan’s Apple Comments
By DAN ELLIOT This past season was good for South Central apples. Although dry, spring was early, fairly sunny, and warm. Blossom peak was about June 4th – many years it is around the 10th. We were almost a week earlier than Fairbanks. Although July was cloudy, the ground had already warmed and the…
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