WINTER

Plan garden/crops; ice fish; buy hunting/fishing license; hunt grouse, ptarmigan, and snowshoe hare; experiment with Alaska food recipes; make cheese or yogurt with Alaska milk, or butter with Alaska cream; clean out freezer; make jam with excess frozen berries and rhubarb; review seed catalogs and order in late winter...

More excellent ideas from Alaska locavores Barbara Rowland: make mead or wine with excess frozen berries, jars of honey; make crackers, pasta, and bread with local flours; renew your membership with Alaska Botanical Gardens and put their Spring Garden Conference on your calendar; plan to share your extra seeds at the Alaska Permaculture Guild Seed Exchange (date in mid March TBA) and your extra baby plants at the Seedling Exchange (date in mid MAY TBA)...and from Keith Nyitray: dig clams!

SPRING

Repair garden structures; amend soil; plant seeds; buy starts; forage for wild edibles; visit local farms; stock up on canning and vacuum sealing supplies; inspect your pressure canner and have tested at local cooperative extension service; review seed catalogs and order in early spring; prune cultivated berry plants (spring or fall)...

SUMMER

Fish; harvest greens; forage for wild edibles; host Alaska food themed potluck; weed the garden (eat the edible "weeds"!); visit local farms; get root cellar or cold storage ready; visit farmers markets; visit u-pick farms; keep an Alaska food journal for future reference; review canning instructions...

FALL

Pick berries; harvest garden; hunt; fish; visit farmers markets; visit u-pick farms; can/jar produce and meats; blanch and freeze veggies; make jam, jelly, and sauces from berries and fresh fruits; clean up the garden and greenhouse; put away garden tools; prune cultivated berry plants (spring or fall); mulch perennials; bring delicate herbs and veggies inside to extend growing season; organize the season's food notes...