Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
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Friday Fling vendor using marketplace to launch homegrown business
By Jacob Mann Frontiersman.com PALMER — Greatland Family Nursery owner Cody Beus is growing his budding business through the Friday
Gardening and thinking
By Jonathan Rockey Faith Kathy and I have worked quite a number of hours together on our yard and garden
Teas to nourish your plants
By Ellen Vande Visse Worm tea. Manure tea. Herbal extract tea. Compost tea. Just what are all these homemade “teas”
2nd annual tree sale underway
Frontiersman.com MAT-SU — Wasilla Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting its second annual tree sale in celebration of
Cooperative extension to host produce conference
PALMER — The annual Alaska Produce Growers Conference Feb. 1 at the Palmer Depot will highlight information for small-scale growers.
Roger F. (Bud) Patton
Roger (Bud) Patton passed away July 17, 2013, in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He was born in Auglaise County, Ohio, on Feb.
Winter Conservation Series continues
Wasilla and Palmer Soil and Water Conservation Districts’ Winter Conservation Series continues with classes on invasive weeds, protecting and testing
Produce Growers Conference to focus on potatoes, marketing
PALMER — This year’s annual Produce Growers Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Feb. 19-
Weed Attack events planned in Valley
WASILLA — Wasilla Soil and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Alaska Division of Agriculture and U.S. Fish and
Time for the sawfly watch to begin
By Pam Compton On the Extension Line Where have all the sawflies gone? My columbine are blooming without skeletonized leaves.
Deal properly with wind-damaged spruce
By Glen Holt Spectrum Thousands of trees blew down during last winter’s windstorms and heavy snows in the Interior
Cooperative Extension to offer classes April 30 to May 4
Frontiersman.com Mat-Su District Cooperative Extension Agriculture and Horticulture agent Steve Brown will teach a series of classes April