Avoid “gardening burnout” with pomodoro time management (Gardening Column #1304)
Last week’s span of warm, clear days found island gardeners scrambling outside, perched on bended knee pulling weeds, transplanting seedlings,…
June 19, 2021
Last week’s span of warm, clear days found island gardeners scrambling outside, perched on bended knee pulling weeds, transplanting seedlings,…
June 19, 2021
What can be better than the smell of cinnamon and a bowl of hot fruit topped with just the right…
June 19, 2021
With the return of sunshine, comes the return of dandelions, raising their yellow heads above your lush, green lawn. Against…
June 19, 2021
I built my first compost pile around 1986. Over the years (decades, yikes!) I consider myself to be on intimate…
June 4, 2021
If you were a bald eagle spending the winter in Kodiak, Alaska, you’d find that meals were easy to come…
May 31, 2021
Who’s that goofy gal wearing a cucumber smile? It was a cool day in March when I donned a warm…
May 9, 2021
Not sure what to plant this year? New to gardening in Kodiak’s coastal climate? Then this column’s for you. I…
May 9, 2021
Jim Pearson has lived, worked, and gardened in Kodiak for 70 years. On a recent foggy day, he reflected on…
May 9, 2021
In the 1980s my brother Alby was the manager for the Robert Cray Band, the Grammy-award-winning blues ensemble that started…
April 19, 2021
For the first time in a few weeks, the temperature in Kodiak, Alaska climbed above 40 degrees. Woohoo! I don’t…
April 11, 2021
I’m Marion Owen. I work, relax, and love life in Kodiak, Alaska. I’ve worked on research ships, created photographs that hang in The Smithsonian, given up cheese and meat, and enjoy watching bumblebees and snowflakes. And somewhere along the line, I co-authored the New York Times bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Gardener’s Soul. I’m learning how to not do too much. To be authentic, embrace joy, and not burn the oatmeal.
Thank you for being here,
