Producer

Alaska Garden Spirit (AGS) began in 1993 propagating and selling perennials. Over the years AGS ‘grew’ to include flowers (peony), plant-starts, and vegetables (coles, tomato, cucumber etc). AGS is an ‘Alaska Grown’ member of Juneau-grown plant-starts, herbs, vegetables, and flowers.

From glacier to forest to farm to market… my Mendenhall Peninsula glacier-to-forest soils were substantially depleted of sufficient Nitrogen-Phosphorus-Potassium (NPK) to grow garden vegetables. Since 2020 these new-farm soils have gradually been built to threshold NPK values sufficient to grow a wide range of vegetables and flowers. Beach and sea harvests are still the primary additions in this effort, along with worm castings, steer manure, and compost. Over 95% of fertilizers and amendments are OMRI stamped, used primarily on vegetables. Plant-starts utilize commercially sourced seed of hybrid and standard varieties, but additionally I test and incorporate many heirloom varieties. The overall goal is to apply ‘best practices’ and time-tested methods to yield sustainably produced vegetables and flowers; I want this farm and soil to teem with life!