Hometown Alaska: Kick start your growing season with free mentors from Anchor Gardens – Alaska Public Media

Relying on the place you reside, the snow is lastly principally gone. The solar is again, the earth is warming, we’ve had a little bit rain. The seed begins on the eating room desk are about to climb out of their tiny four-packs and stroll to your again yard or patio. It’s time to backyard.

Anchorage is ample with backyard assets, from business nurseries, Cooperative Extension Service, municipal composting, nonprofits just like the Alaska Botanical Backyard, Yarducopia (share your yard with a gardener who doesn’t have one), municipal group gardens and extra.

On at this time’s Hometown Alaska, we’ll introduce you to a free backyard mentoring service with excessive ambitions. It goals to construct group by connecting new gardeners with “previous” gardeners, proper in the identical neighborhood. Their objective is to have a coach or coaches in each group council district in Anchorage. So while you get dwelling along with your flat of veggie begins and flowers and don’t know the place to start, who to name. Or while you understand your soil wants enriching. Or when it’s time to place the backyard to mattress for the season.

Anchor Gardens additionally has a deeper mission. Its founders take Alaska’s meals insecurity points very critically. They goal to verify Alaskans know develop their very own meals, and hold their backyard soil wholesome.

We’ll meet a founding father of Anchor Gardens, and a number of other mentors. Your questions and feedback are welcome all through this system. Simply dial us at 550-8433 to ask your backyard questions. And take a look at our checklist of helpful hyperlinks on the web page under.

Right here’s to your gardening success!

HOST: Kathleen McCoy

GUESTS:

• Cindee Karns, Anchor Gardens cofounder, permaculture practitioner
• Stefanie Gorder, Anchor Backyard coach, Sand Lake space
• Fred McLeary, retired service veteran, Anchor Backyard coach, Russian Jack space

LINKS:

• Anchor Gardens on Fb
• Anchor Gardens personal web site
• Anchor Gardens origin story net web page
• Software to affix Anchor Gardens net web page
• Yarducopia, Anchorage-based assist for natural, regenerative, neighborhood-based gardening, web site

PARTICIPATE:

• Name 550-8433 (Anchorage) or 1-888-353-5752 (statewide) through the reside broadcast (10-11 a.m.)
• Ship e-mail to hometown@alaskapublic.org earlier than, throughout or after the reside broadcast (E-mails could also be learn on air).
• Put up your remark or query under (Feedback could also be learn on air).
• LIVE: Monday, Might 16, 2022 at 10 a.m.
• RE-AIR: Monday, Might 16, 2022 at 8 p.m.
• PODCAST: Obtainable on this web page after this system.