tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631113.post8285957980822182386..comments2023-10-17T02:48:47.712-08:00Comments on The Ester Republic: Berries and other random thoughtsDeirdre Helfferichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07176487150966377070noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631113.post-88692812719759435082008-08-22T11:49:00.000-08:002008-08-22T11:49:00.000-08:00Jessica: e-mail and other contact info is here.Mol...Jessica: <A HREF="http://www.esterrepublic.com/contact.html" REL="nofollow">e-mail and other contact info</A> is here.<BR/><BR/>Molly: dunno about U-picks. I don't use them. But there are several in the vicinity. Pearl Creek Farm? I'd do a search on the net.Deirdre Helfferichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07176487150966377070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631113.post-43871783304114222832008-08-21T15:22:00.000-08:002008-08-21T15:22:00.000-08:00Fair enough...just thought I'd try my luck! (I sus...Fair enough...just thought I'd try my luck! (I suspected you wouldn't give away any wild sites, but I had to give it a shot.) <BR/><BR/>Any recommendations for a good you pick farm, until I manage to scout some good wild raspberry spots?Molly Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11350141070916327348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631113.post-14924881246360717962008-08-21T15:14:00.000-08:002008-08-21T15:14:00.000-08:00Oh yeah, what's your e-mail address? I can't find ...Oh yeah, what's your e-mail address? I can't find it anywhere. Could you e-mail it to me so I have it? Mine is jessicapezak / gmail . comJessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586069139246369596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631113.post-88612314628790729732008-08-21T15:13:00.000-08:002008-08-21T15:13:00.000-08:00I will DEFINITELY look you up -- I am actually app...I will DEFINITELY look you up -- I am actually applying for a teaching assistantship in the UAF Northern Studies department (already sent in my grad materials but have to send a portfolio for the actual assistantship)...but I would really like to become part of the community, I will miss that aspect very much when I move away from here so I am so glad your blog is filled with links and helpful information. I saw a UAF e-mail on the extension program and that there was some info on canning, I think it is so incredible that UAF makes that kind of knowledge accessible.<BR/><BR/>I really hope I can get this position...I want nothing more than to move up there and live there forever. I'm writing this while munching on delicious CSA-grown yellow watermelon!Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586069139246369596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631113.post-91525635682767819692008-08-21T13:33:00.000-08:002008-08-21T13:33:00.000-08:00Gads. One just doesn't ask that. Berry spots tend ...Gads. One just <I>doesn't</I> ask that. Berry spots tend to be jealously guarded, although it depends on what type of berry and if they're wild or farmed. People will drive miles and miles to get blueberries, for example, and a hundred miles for cloudberries. Rasperries and rose hips and cranberries are all over, but currants are not so common up here. August is definitely berry season, though. And mushroom season, and fishing, and soon hunting. <BR/><BR/>Winter preparations.Deirdre Helfferichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07176487150966377070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631113.post-31146322422664346712008-08-21T13:25:00.000-08:002008-08-21T13:25:00.000-08:00I grew up picking berries in Oregon, and haven't b...I grew up picking berries in Oregon, and haven't been able to track them down in Fairbanks (also haven't spent a full summer there. But the end of August seems like it should have a few berries left). Any good good spots you don't mind sharing?<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Molly Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11350141070916327348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631113.post-33943540887412107042008-08-21T10:34:00.000-08:002008-08-21T10:34:00.000-08:00There's a guy on Chena Hot Springs road with an ap...There's a guy on Chena Hot Springs road with an apple orchard, also tons of other fruit trees (miniatures). The Phillips grow apples, too. There's all kinds of fruit you can grow up here, lots of you-pick farms, but I don't know about fruit shares. <BR/><BR/>My day job is as an editor at UAF's <A HREF="http://www.uaf.edu/snras/" REL="nofollow">School of Natural Resources & Agricultural Sciences</A>, and I've been working on <A HREF="http://snras.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">a news blog</A> there, which has links to a bunch of CSAs and farmers markets (I have a few here, too). You may be able to find something through those, but so far I've not seen any fruit shares offered by the local CSAs. You can certainly grow fruit, however: cantaloupe, berries of any sort, crabapples, apples, pears, plums, cherries. Those fruit trees take some special care, of course.<BR/><BR/>If you come north, look me up!Deirdre Helfferichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07176487150966377070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17631113.post-76760887384678971242008-08-21T09:09:00.000-08:002008-08-21T09:09:00.000-08:00I was so relieved to see, a few days ago, that Fai...I was so relieved to see, a few days ago, that Fairbanks has farm shares/CSAs available. I am hoping to move up there soon to go to UAF, but live in upstate New York now and was really afraid that there wasn't that kind of stuff available up there...it seems to be spreading fast. Are there any fruit shares in AK? Can you grow fruit (other than berries) in the climate? I, like you, feel something very fulfilling by picking berries and gathering food on my own and hope to continue that kind of thing up in Alaska.<BR/><BR/>It's funny you mention Bacevich, as well...he was a professor of mine at Boston University, one of the most exceptional people I've ever met. He really goes against the grain in all of his books, and it was sadly ironic that one of his sons died in Iraq last year (he very publicly denounced the war). I saw him on PBS the other day...his other books aren't half bad, either. For someone that spent so long in the military, he has a very interesting perspective.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for a great blog post. If I do move to AK, I'll be returning to pick your brain I am sure.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586069139246369596noreply@blogger.com