The Ohlsen Family Food Garden hosts a variety of experiments related to vegetable gardening. We conduct cultivar (variety) trials on a diversity of crops, using long time standards to compare with new releases, both open pollinated and hybrid cultivars. We also maintain seed of cultivars bred at the Agricultural Experiment Station to share with breeders worldwide.

We test new products such as mulches, row coverings and new tools, and explore methods of cultivation, both organic and non-organic that might interest Alaska growers and gardeners.

Beginning in 2010, we will conduct experiments with container culture using vermicompost and compost teas and provide yield data on vegetable production in accessible raised beds.

Check the links on this page to find results of our research and access to downloadable research results.