Laura’s Garden Notes: Relishing relish

Laura Young news@greenepublishing.com As I headed to Alaska for vacation a few weeks ago, I left behind a garden with knee-high corn, baby winter squashes, blooming tomato plants, lush celery, vigorous cucumber vines, newly planted okra and more. When I arrived a day later in the far north, the contrast I saw couldn't have been more stark. A roadside garden up near Fairbanks, for example, was completely bare, except for tilted, fading crop labels from last season. Flower beds at a lodge ne