For the Alaska Peony Cooperative, Southcentral's cold and wet weather isn't just a damper on the start to summer — it means tens of thousands of dollars in lost revenue.
Martha Lojewski stands in between rows of peony bulbs at her farm near Willow.
In a typical year, the field is filled with Elsa Sass peony flowers, not rounded bulbs that have yet to bloom. Lojewski is not alone. For Southcentral Alaska, cold and wet weather has put a damper on the start to summer, which is the region’sLojewski said that Alaska Peony Cooperative farms only began harvesting last week, three weeks behind schedule. One member of the co-op had to get flowers from Fairbanks to fill an order. She said that means tens of thousands of dollars in lost revenue already this summer.
Michael Williams and his wife own Eaglesong Lodge near Skwentna. They started growing peonies in 2009 after invasive northern pike knocked out the salmon population near the lodge, where they would guide fishing trips. “We can only handle the weather, oh, I don’t know, maybe another couple of weeks. And we’re in uncharted territory right now, we’ve not had such a late season before,” Williams said. “We’re hoping we’re not going to get cheated out of our summer. We endured that winter to get to this point and it seems like summer hasn’t arrived yet.”
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