Snowy day in Fairbanks
We received about 10 inches of snow over the past 24 hours. I went out this afternoon to take some photographs in the woods behind my house. Here are a few pictures. I’ll be...
Tagged: Highbush Cranberry
Highbush Cranberries around Fairbanks are ripe and ready for picking
The Highbush Cranberries (Viburnum edule) are ripe, a tell-tale sign that our all-too-brief Alaska summer is coming to an end. As the berries turn a bright red, so do the plant’s leaves. I’ve lived...
Greenup time in Fairbanks!
Paper Birch Prickly Rose It’s official! In an article in today’s Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, the National Weather Service said that this past Thursday afternoon was when “greenup” happened. Ned Rozell, a science writer for...
