Love the garden you grow.
This is our Alaska to Washington Greenhouse story. It’s not updated, because, well, it’s still how we got started! 🙂 Looking forward to seeing you this season, either again or for the first time!
How We Got Here:  We spent most of our lives in Alaska, where we were both teachers (in Bristol Bay and Delta Junction). Seeking warmer climates and a much shorter winter, we relocated to eastern Washington, which we fell in love with while in grad school at WSU in Pullman. We chose the Spokane area for its many schools (once a teacher, always a teacher!), and while looking for a house, we stumbled on property with commercial greenhouses. When it comes gift-wrapped, you’ve just got to take advantage. So our second career and next adventure: plants. Who doesn’t love growing stuff? Â
Our Alaska Story: Pam was born and raised in Anchorage, living “outside” (the Lower 48, for you cheechakos!) only for school. Pat spent most of his life in Alaska–Bethel, Douglas, Anchorage, Ketchikan–with a few years in Minnesota in high school. We met in Anchorage but spent most of our married life, and raised our children, in rural Alaska; first Bristol Bay, then Delta Junction. Both amazing, supportive communities that we miss very much. Bristol Bay is famous for its salmon fishery, and Delta for bison, missile defense, and farming. In both communities, we took advantage of Alaska’s long summer days and worked on our green hobby.
Gardening in Alaska: short season, long days. They say that in Delta, you just put the seeds in the ground and stand back. We had a dome greenhouse and a moose-protected, fenced-in garden, plus numerous flower beds. It was an intense, but short, growing season, interspersed with camping trips, gathering wood for the winter, and berry picking. Ah, the lazy days of summer!Â
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