Product Description

If you can garden well in Alaska, with its immense size and varied climates, you should be able to garden in any northern area, from Canada to Maine, from Norway to Northern Oregon. This is a hands-on, how-to book which reveals the secrets of generations of experts in cold climate gardening. It provides Alaskans (whether cheechako or sourdough) with the special knowledge they need to succeed in their state, and other northern gardeners the techniques that will help them meet their own unique growing challenges, no matter where they live and garden.

The book is arranged in three parts; a section on planting basics for the beginning gardener, a more in-depth section dealing with specific problems encountered in the various areas in Alaska (like cold soil, premature bolting to seed, or heavy precipitation), and a final section packed full of techniques and tips for raising particular vegetables.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1409808 in Books
• Published on: 2000-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 340 pages

About the Author
Ann D. Roberts moved to Alaska as a child where she lived with her family on a farm off Badger Road. By the time she had moved into town, married R. Dee Roberts, graduated from the University of Alaska, and taught school, she had recovered from a surfeit of gardening as a child to the point where she was interested in gardening on her own. Over the following years, her entire back yard turned into a garden, winning many ribbons for her organically-grown vegetables. But she grew increasingly more frustrated by the lack of information on growing, specific to Alaska. As her gardening experience grew, she began to write articles for magazines such as Organic Gardening, explaining how gardening was done in Alaska. At about the same time, she began researching in earnest a book specific to gardening in Alaska.

Ann’s main purpose was not to write what she knew, but to present what the experts knew, so this book is the result of research and interviews with expert growers, Alaska Cooperative Extension Agents, and the staff of what is now known as the Georgeson Botanical Garden at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Ann is an expert researcher. The information in Alaska Gardening Guide is the culmination of years of research and practical Alaska growing experience by many, many people. Ann’s real love is passing on her hard-won knowledge to new generations of gardeners.