After a couple of years lying dormant, the Fireweed Greenhouse in Kenai is again filled with plants and flowers readying for a busy summer season. Parrisa and John Harris purchased the greenhouse ...

Paetkau's photo, titled "Polar Bear Amid Fireweed Blooms," not only earned ... before the bear settled into the field of Arctic flowers, allowing Paetkau to capture the "surreal" winning shot.

The transition between spring and summer is the best time to harvest the leaves of fireweed, a very common plant valued for ...