In early spring it is very hard not to dream of the summer growing season. Gardeners who want an early start often start plants indoors. These are usually the heat-loving plants like tomatoes and peppers. With our very short growing season it is to the Yukon gardener’s advantage to start other plants as well — …
I’m an unapologetic hophead, and consider no beer too hoppy to drink. I love the constricting bitterness. I love the resiny, citrusy, nostril-doping snort of a good, hop-filled American-style India Pale Ale (IPA). I wasn’t always this way. If you handed me an Ice Fog IPA 20 years ago I would have pawned it off …
When you think of tigers you think of a steaming jungle — black stripes mimicking a tangle of branches and shadows, hiding one of the largest predators in the world. Now place that creature on a white background of snow and it’s disconcerting and out of context. That’s the Siberian Tiger when it’s at home. …
We have been watching Comet PanSTARRS for the last week and it has been fascinating to see it change. When the comet first appeared high enough in the night sky to be seen, around the third week in March, it was quite easy to view with the unaided eye, from my front porch with local …
