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As weather heats up, the garden hose becomes an indispensable tool

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By Jeff Lowenfels Verified
| Anchorage Daily News Verified
Dahlias and yarrow get a good soaking of water at Town Square Park in May 2014 in Anchorage. (Bill Roth / ADN archive) Heat waves impact different hobbies in different ways. When it comes to gardening in Alaska, the hose you might only need at the start of the season, all of a sudden becomes a full-time gardening tool. Perhaps a warning is called for. The hose can become a real danger in hot weather.
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Anchorage has a tool lending library. Here’s what that means for the local gardener.

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By Jeff Lowenfels Verified
| Anchorage Daily News Verified
I don’t always get requests for a column on a particular subject, so I was thrilled this week when I got the following note: “My name is Dyani Chapman, and I’m the state director of Alaska Environment. I’m reaching out because we are doing some work with the Anchorage Tool Library.” The Anchorage Tool Library? What is that? I had no idea such a thing existed. Well, it does exist, and it turns out it is housed inside the SEED Lab, which is at the Anchorage Museum. Who knew?
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Compost is all your garden needs to reach its max capacity

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By Jeff Lowenfels Verified
| Anchorage Daily News Verified
FILE - Compost made from decomposed green kitchen scraps, yard litter and garden waste, appears in New Market, Va., on March 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Dean Fosdick, File) A few weeks ago, I was at my college reunion. My Harvard classmates know I’ve authored several gardening books and that I am into organics, so naturally I got lots of gardening questions. No problem there. I never mind answering garden questions. It was like writing a column where I answer Alaska gardening questions.
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