Moose Cages For My Garden

May 31, 2014 Jim Lister

Moose can be a real bad garden pest in Alaska and you can find moose anywhere. It doesn’t matter if you live in the city or rural countryside. So I am building hoop cages over my raised beds…

Greenhouse Progress

May 13, 2011 Jim Lister

It is now the second week in May and all plants have been moved out to the greenhouse. I have learned my lesson and I still use a backup electric heater along with my propane heater. Night time temps are still dipping below freezing…

Starting Seeds Indoors

March 17, 2010 Jim Lister

I use a special seed starting system from Park Seed Company called the Bio Dome that worked very well for me last year. I had nearly 100% germination…

Thinning Your Seedlings

March 15, 2010 Jim Lister

11 days after planting and 99% of my plants are up. I took a few minutes to clip off all of the extra sprouts leaving one seedling per cell. Each cell contains a special foam grow plug that wicks water from the tray. This seems to produce very healthy root systems…