By July the Summer Solstice has past and the days are actually getting shorter again. Even though the long Alaska summer days will still be with us for another month or so. The thought is always on your mind for those of us that depend on our limited growing season. The accelerated plant growth we experience, with our long days, can be easily seen in our yards and how soon the freshly cut grass grows back and requires another day behind the lawn mower…
…Keeping up with weeding, lawn mowing, brush clearing and any new outdoor projects, let alone planting and maintaining a vegetable and/or flower garden does not allow a lot of time to do much else. If you add in gathering and cutting firewood and maybe a few fishing trips - then you can get the idea.
My greenhouse Alaska Grow Buckets are doing great this year and my tomatoes are loaded with fruit.
I have lots of green tomatoes and as usual it seems to be taking forever to see any red ones.
I also transplanted some spruce saplings from around my property to try and establish a border along one edge of my property.
The best time to plant a tree is always 10 years ago, but the next best time is today. I will never get all of the things done that I would like to complete, in our short Alaska summer. Some years can be cool and rainy and some years the weather can been as near perfect as possible, I can't complain. I will complete some projects and actually look forward to another winter when life slows down and I can just sit inside by the wood stove and enjoy watching it snow outside. Those people that think gardening begins in the spring are wrong …gardening begins in January with a dream.