Curt's Ponderings From The Bioshelter

In Alaska the three-day Memorial Day weekend is traditionally planting time.  By the end of May the soil has thawed and those plants that thrive in the ground can be planted.  We have been right on time this year, I suppose.  Last weekend was Memorial Day weekend, and we got most of our planting done, and I am thrilled.  It feels almost like the first harvest, though we have only just planted.  It’s just that it took a lot to get this year’s planting in, and we did it! In fact, we have been working hard for a long time to prepare for this month’s planting.  Last June a number of our friends and acquaintances helped organize the Alaska Food Challenge .  The idea was to participate as little as possible in the inefficiencies that go along with getting most food in Alaska.  Participants in the Alaska Food Challenge pledged either to avoid all food that is not produced in Alaska (only a few were quite that hard core), or to take specific measures to drastically reduce their consum