Loving spinach as a winter green (Organic gardening in Kodiak, Alaska #1267)
Tomorrow is the first day of autumn, when, for a micro-second, we teeter-totter at a perfect point between 12 hours…
September 29, 2020
Tomorrow is the first day of autumn, when, for a micro-second, we teeter-totter at a perfect point between 12 hours…
September 29, 2020
The summer of 2020 has been like no other: Good weather plus more time than usual to spend in the…
September 29, 2020
What’s the most popular vegetable in the world? Potatoes. So, what’s Number 2? Carrots. If you’re like me, you adore…
September 1, 2020
When I was young, I hated most vegetables. So when Grammie came to visit, there were issues. Oh, she dished…
June 20, 2020
I spend many hours at my home computer, writing articles, and processing images. I’m not fussy about dress codes (I…
May 26, 2020
The sun was shining but the damp breeze felt like ice cubes rubbing my cheeks. A typical spring morning in…
May 16, 2020
Gardening feels like a bosom-hug from my Grammie. She loved to grow beans, putzing quietly in the dirt. Now it’s…
April 14, 2020
There’s a silver lining in every crisis, from the economic meltdown of 2009, to cancer, to the COVID-19 issue. Tough…
March 24, 2020
I went to a garage sale recently in search of a used shovel. No luck. But I did find a…
February 24, 2020
Sometimes you have to cover many miles to discover relief during troubled times. For me, I traveled from Alaska to…
January 23, 2020
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,
