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It happens like clockwork every year at this time. I don’t think it’s only me. The gardening commercials are evidence of that. The eager feeling to get planting has begun.

One of my favorite things about hydroponic gardening is that the calendar doesn’t matter. We’ve added another garden to our collection to accommodate larger plants. I created an A-frame trellis at the top of the new garden so sweet peas, dragon tongue beans, and edamame beans have somewhere to climb. The new garden also is growing nasturtium, cucumbers, tomatoes, kale and malabar vining spinach plants.

As the hydroponic experiment continues, I can report that generally lettuces grow really well. They are ready for harvest quickly – sometimes after only a week. Our grocery store sells each clamshell of spring greens for about $9 and by the time those containers get to us, from wherever, they are already starting to wilt. Our fresh greens are tender and crisp, beautiful and delicious. Those aspects of our home grown lettuce make that crop priceless.

How do you calm your itchy, eager fingers until it’s time to plant outside?

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We are coming up on our fifteenth anniversary of publishing this blog. All those years ago, we packed up our beautiful California bungalow and headed off to live an adventure well off the beaten path in bush Alaska. People thought we would return to the lovely life we left in the urban world after a year or so. But we fell in love with all the joys and challenges with living in bush Alaska and here we are…still living well off the beaten path.

Much of this blog has been dedicated to foraging and recipe creation. Fifteen years of collecting experiences, reimagining food and beverage pairings and generating culinary ideas should lead to … a cookbook! Our blog catchphrase – living well off the beaten path – is now a work progressing toward a book with the working title Moose Pie and Malbec: Eating Well Off the Beaten Path in the Alaska Bush.

To keep you, our long-time readers (and new followers) in the loop, we will endeavor to post regular peeks into what we are working on here on Cutterlight and on Instagram. Follow along on our new adventure and see how it goes, leave a “like” and feel free to comment and share!

Thanks, as always, for reading and commenting!

Chefs and Bakers – Jack and Barbra