Growing A Greener Kenai

Growing Season Close Out 2026

By Larry Opperman

Published September 19, 2026 at 12:21 PM AKDT

Going Into Winter On The Kenai Peninsula Zone 4

The 2026 growing season is over but there is still a lot of work to do in the garden. We'll discuss harvesting, garden winterization, saving bulbs, planting spring bulbs, garlic, and other activities to do now to get your garden ready for next year.

Turn out the lights, the party's over. They say that all, good things must end. Not hardly for a gardener. The season is coming to a close, but gardeners are already looking forward to next year.

Growing A Greener Kenai

Larry Opperman

Larry started gardening in first grade when he took a bag of navy beans from the kitchen and threw them all over his backyard. They grew and his dad mowed around all the plants and he got a great bean harvest that year. From then on, he was hooked. Larry has gardened for over 60 years and the last 30 years in Alaska. He is on the Central Peninsula Garden Club board of directors and also the board of the Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District. His goal for Growing a Greener Kenai is to disseminate the most accurate information possible in order to help Kenai Peninsula gardeners achieve the best results for their gardening endeavors and efforts.

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