. . INDCOR GARDENING : GARDENING : TOURISM AND TRAVEL : UNITED STATES: STATES: ALASKA: Perennial Gardener Explores Farm stay Tourism at Chena Lakes Farm . . Perennial Gardener Explores Farm stay Tourism at Chena Lakes Farm by Nancy Tarnai/ Homegrown Alaska Aug 14, 2011 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/15072446/ article-Perennial-gardener-explores-%E2%80%98farm-stay %E2%80%99-tourism-at-Chena-Lakes-Farm?instance=home_features_bullets1 . A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/3don9y4 . .FAIRBANKS Tracy Pulido is jumping on the farm stay bandwagon, a movement popular in Europe for decades and growing like a weed in the United States.
.At her Chena Lakes Farm, Pulido has built a charming farmhouse to accommodate guests, who are welcome to view daily life amid the plants and animals. Some visitors even go to work pulling weeds.
.Best of all are the farms overly friendly ambassadors: five mammoth donkeys, standing by to greet the guests. The animals were chosen for their ability to mow the pasture and provide a bonus of pure organic manure for Pulidos plants. Its the plants that Pulido is most passionate about; she raises more than 200 types of perennials, all from seed.
.I dont grow much of anything useful, she said. But they are all North Pole tested for five years.
.The former teacher hails from a Wisconsin suburb, where she grew up with goats, chickens and a big garden. She arrived in Alaska 30 years ago, moving into a log cabin outside of North Pole in 1983. In 1998, she and her husband, Robert, purchased the 12.5 acres behind the cabin and turned it into their farm.
.Pulido is a familiar face at the Tanana Valley Farmers Market, where she sells perennials and dispenses free advice about shrubs, fruit trees and flowers.
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