How "active" are you in the winter? = "iqiit" in Inupiaq Eskimo

Kim Case and niece, Lisa St. Clair

Retired teacher & quilter: Emily Walton

Little Ms. Ward quilting & Brenda Burke

LeeAnn Turinsky and Rena Case with a beautiful Log Cabin designed quilt (I think made by Lee Ann).

What do you do in the winter? You work on projects if you have time. You cook and bake, put on pounds, try to get some exercise in and call family & friends. Traveling to Fairbanks is a challenge these days so that may be alittle limited. Here are some photos of some ladies quilting at the Calico Cow Quilt Shop in town (www.thecalicocow.com). View the Forget Me Knot Quilters' Guild Website at www.forgetmeknotquilters.com. The Festival of Lights is happening. Today, the Greenhouse Conference is on board in Anchorage. The Delta Farm Forum will be held the end of the month (Feb. 28) and the Vegetable Conference will be held in Palmer Feb. 10 & 11th. Lots of conferences happening this winter/spring before the constant daylight and warm season approaches.

Predictions from the Farmers' Almanac is a a late spring but a warm/dry summer.

Ruby Hollembaek
PO Box 502
Delta Junction, Alaska
99737
business website: www.bisonandelk.com
art website: www.akmosaic.com

Simple Folk Uprising Friday Night at the Sawmill

8 PM - 10 PM/Local Musicians at Sawmill Creek Lodge Friday Night 1/23/09

The wind brings warmer temperatures but not necessarily warmer weather if you consider the windchill factor. Happenings-Open Sewing at the Calico Cow every Friday night until 9 PM-

Simple Folk Uprising playing at Sawmill Creek Lodge Friday night from 8 - 10 PM

Beat the Cabin Fever!

Ruby Hollembaek
PO Box 502
Delta Junction, Alaska
99737
business website: www.bisonandelk.com
art website: www.akmosaic.com

"To Be Confident" in our country = "nulupqisunit" in Inupiaq Eskimo

Today is a day in history, we have a new president.

Hope and confidence awaits us.

Our prayers for a productive, safe and successful next four years.

Ruby Hollembaek
PO Box 502
Delta Junction, Alaska
99737
business website: www.bisonandelk.com
art website: www.akmosaic.com

ADN Links to Gardening and Vegetable Conference

ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS AGRICULTURAL LINKS

Alaska Botanical Garden
Alaska Master Gardeners
Alaska Native Plant Society
Alaska Pioneer Fruit Growers
Alaska Primrose Society
Alaska Rock Garden Society
Alaska Rose Society
Alaska Society of Outdoor and Nature Photographers
Anchorage Garden Club
Wildflower Garden Club

Garden resources
Alaska Mill & Feed
Alaska Plant Materials Center:
The Alpine Garden Nursery
Anchorage Rain Gardens
Bells Nursery
Campbell Creek Science Center
Celebrating Wildflowers
Cooperative Extension Service
Dimond Greenhouses
Eagle River Nature Center
Fairbanks Georgeson Botanical Garden
Faltz Landscaping
Green Earth Landworks
Growing Delphiniums in Alaska
Growing Peonies in Alaska
Growing Roses in Anchorage
Homer Fritz Creek Gardens
In the Garden Nursery
Juneau Glacier Gardens
Lilac Info
Mile 5.2 Greenhouse
Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge
Pyrahs Pioneer Peak U-Pick Farm
South Anchorage Farmers Market
Tryck Gardens and Nursery

Garden Blogs
Alison's Lunch
Gardening in Kodiak

The 2009 Alaska Potato, Vegetable and Fruit Producers Conference is scheduled for February 10-11, 2009 in Palmer.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to call us.
We hope to see you in February!


Penney R. Prickett
Administrative Secretary
Home Economics/Agriculture/Horticulture

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Cooperative Extension Service
Mat-Su/Copper River District
809 S Chugach, Suite 2
Palmer, AK 99645
907-746-3476
907-745-5479 fax

Ruby Hollembaek
PO Box 502
Delta Junction, Alaska
99737
business website: www.bisonandelk.com
art website: www.akmosaic.com

"Green" Hay = "sunaaqtaaq" lunch

Feeding the younger herd-i.e., 5 years and younger, still takes caution. The green hay is a welcome treat even though the bison have vegetation to eat off the 900+ acres. Scott raises his hand as he departs the bale of hay and heads back to the tractor, this extends his height so the bison have a better opportunity to see him. He could easily get hurt mistakenly by them as they feed. They still have a very uneasy eye on niece Lisa, as she takes photos of them. They may be inside a fence but they are never truly domesticated.

Ruby Hollembaek
PO Box 502
Delta Junction, Alaska
99737
business website: www.bisonandelk.com
art website: www.akmosaic.com

Need I say more?

Big Delta, Alaska (Airport)

-47 °F
Freezing Fog
Windchill:
-62 °F
Wind:
4 mph from the South

Pressure:
29.93 in (Falling)

Visibility:
0.5 miles

UV:
0 out of 16

Clouds:
Mostly Cloudy 100 ft
Mostly Cloudy 3000 ft
(Above Ground Level)

Elevation:
1276 ft

Ruby Hollembaek
PO Box 502
Delta Junction, Alaska
99737
business website: www.bisonandelk.com
art website: www.akmosaic.com

It's "down" below zero = "anmuk" in Inupiaq

A young bull moose greeted me with his presence in our yard this New Year's Day.

Cow moose that's been hanging the neighborhood looking into windows.

A neighborhood New Year's Eve Party at the Ward's Residence. -52oF and we all went, some plugged their vehicles in while others (like our Ford Diesel pickup) left them running, others walked...yep, they walked-the Brown's trekked the 1 mile plus all bundled in snowsuits, hats, and gloves....brave souls but we had a very nice time.

Ben Schultz joined the party and gives mom a welcome hug!

Happy 2009! Thank you Marcia and Bill for opening your home to the neighborhood once again!
Ruby Hollembaek
PO Box 502
Delta Junction, Alaska
99737
business website: www.bisonandelk.com
art website: www.akmosaic.com