Print article Wow. I just don’t know what to say, Alaska gardeners. Um, cold weather is expected in Alaska and is always followed by warmer weather? Or, this is why it is hard to predict if something from zone 5 is really going to be hardy in our gardens? How about, this is unusual? Of course, I could always fall back on wondering what last week’s low temperatures this late in the winter will do to the spruce bark beetle? AGGGH. And now it is above freezing. What is going on with our weather this month? What we have right now is normal, but last week’s cold snap?