Jeff Lowenfels

AI has invaded gardening. I write an article on roses and the next thing I know, I am receiving offers for roses like no one‘s business but a commercial nursery's.

Tai chi is one of the best methods to build strength and flexibility, says columnist Jeff Lowenfels.

I know I'm not the only Alaskan who is sick and tired of snow. We've had a long and unusually cold winter, and I want my lawn back.

This is the snow mold season. You probably don't need me to tell you that if you maintain a lawn hereabouts. Why?

As I write this, there is a good snow cover though that probably won't be so by the time you read this.

Let’s follow the Law of Return: “What falls to the ground in a yard is supposed to decay and continue the cycle.”

I will soon hit the 50-year mark of writing this column. I know. It seems like yesterday that I told Kay Fanning I could and would give the ADN a garden column.

This is the time of year when color bleeds into the scenery. Days are warmer, though definitely not warm enough! You can now see a red hue among the tree limbs as buds develop.

Let me jump around a bit this week (not that I don't always jump around in these columns!).

Lawn poisons, as you know, are not allowed hereabouts. As a consequence we have fields of dandelions, with so many more developing every year.