The Flower Kennel and Homestead, LLC - Talkeetna, AK

The Flower Kennel and Homestead, LLC - Talkeetna, AK Sled dog kennel and Homestead tours. Alaskan lifestyle experience; off-grid living with sled dogs. Welcome to our home.
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Visit the Flower Homestead, a musher’s homestead tucked away just south of Talkeetna in the Boreal forest of Alaska. Here we live a sustainable life together with the Flower Kennel Sled dogs. The kennel is unique in that the sled dogs are not only part of the family, but an integral part of our real authentic off-grid Alaskan lifestyle. The dogs help with hauling water from our spring in winter an

d haul our building material and firewood we harvest from our homestead to keep warm and cozy during the cold Alaska winters. We grow, harvest and gather most of our own food and live a self-reliant lifestyle as much as possible. We are committed to our dogs and the Flower Kennel is their forever home. Our tours are an exclusive opportunity to see how and why we live in the far North. We are a small locally owned operation and our tours are casual and personal.

Black currant wine
08/22/2024

Black currant wine

Quick slug snack for the ladies. Fall rain is here and the slugs are out.
08/18/2024

Quick slug snack for the ladies. Fall rain is here and the slugs are out.

Dog days of summer. Mouse, Sam, Lilja, Hayden.
08/08/2024

Dog days of summer. Mouse, Sam, Lilja, Hayden.

Red salmonThanks for another year of healthy local wild food.
07/24/2024

Red salmon

Thanks for another year of healthy local wild food.

Mammoth basil for the win. Pesto.
07/14/2024

Mammoth basil for the win. Pesto.

Left right left right or was it right left right left. The basement’s alternating thread ship ladder is finally done. ...
07/10/2024

Left right left right or was it right left right left. The basement’s alternating thread ship ladder is finally done.

It’s summer.
06/26/2024

It’s summer.

Done. The 2024 garden is planted. That took way too long. Should have build that extra raised bed, shoveled those 6 yard...
06/19/2024

Done. The 2024 garden is planted. That took way too long. Should have build that extra raised bed, shoveled those 6 yards of top soil and added all that extra drip tape last fall. Anyhoe it’s done. Now we w**d, water and wait.

While we play in winter, summer is filled with projects.
06/08/2024

While we play in winter, summer is filled with projects.

Just another summer day in Alaska. Lilja, Mouse
06/05/2024

Just another summer day in Alaska. Lilja, Mouse

Also May in Alaska. After 3 days of spring it summer now. The dogs are enjoying their time off and the potatoes are goin...
05/30/2024

Also May in Alaska.
After 3 days of spring it summer now. The dogs are enjoying their time off and the potatoes are going into the ground. It’s a busy time with the whole garden being planted in the next 2 weeks, because in 120 days we will be running dogs again.

We inoculated birch logs with Shiitake and Oyster spores. Now we wait till fall for them to fruit.
05/04/2024

We inoculated birch logs with Shiitake and Oyster spores. Now we wait till fall for them to fruit.

Or focus has shifted to spring with a bang. The sun has returned in force, 750 soil blocks have been seeded, caribou mea...
04/27/2024

Or focus has shifted to spring with a bang. The sun has returned in force, 750 soil blocks have been seeded, caribou meat processed and 10 new chickens have arrived.

Bye bye Arctic. See you next time.
04/23/2024

Bye bye Arctic. See you next time.

Arctic camping.
04/21/2024

Arctic camping.

Trails, sun, friends, dogs. Alaska spring is here and it’s gorgeous.
04/06/2024

Trails, sun, friends, dogs. Alaska spring is here and it’s gorgeous.

The sun is out.
03/20/2024

The sun is out.

I am an engineer in applied physics, crafts are absolutely not my passion. But these medals for a local dog friendly rac...
03/12/2024

I am an engineer in applied physics, crafts are absolutely not my passion. But these medals for a local dog friendly race I help organizing are kind of alright.

The snow machine said p**f and the dogs said woof. So we loaded the machine up onto a sled and the dogs pulled it back t...
03/11/2024

The snow machine said p**f and the dogs said woof. So we loaded the machine up onto a sled and the dogs pulled it back to the cabin. Go flower dogs.

Succeeding in goal 2 of this winter - to become a better cook - is hard. Luckily I have a couple more months. Homemade b...
02/28/2024

Succeeding in goal 2 of this winter - to become a better cook - is hard. Luckily I have a couple more months. Homemade breakfast salmon sausage and eggs from this summer chickens.

Home
02/11/2024

Home

White Mountains Alaska
01/15/2024

White Mountains Alaska

Sliding into 2024 with my best friends.
01/06/2024

Sliding into 2024 with my best friends.

They went to freezer camp. The drill plucker attachment was a win and feel comfortable to scale up the operation next ye...
12/06/2023

They went to freezer camp.

The drill plucker attachment was a win and feel comfortable to scale up the operation next year.

Weird winter Back to ice skating.
12/03/2023

Weird winter Back to ice skating.

Challenging conditions with these warm temps and icy trails, but we are on a sled.
11/30/2023

Challenging conditions with these warm temps and icy trails, but we are on a sled.

Every winter I try to learn a new skill / have a new goal. This year I have 2. Getting in a good cardio shape (skijor wi...
11/22/2023

Every winter I try to learn a new skill / have a new goal. This year I have 2. Getting in a good cardio shape (skijor with the oldies Bluma and Rachel) and becoming a better cook. 8 of us think I am succeeding in the second goal already.

Almost sledding time. Skijor on the lakes for now. Waiting for more snow…
11/12/2023

Almost sledding time. Skijor on the lakes for now. Waiting for more snow…

After ice skating we run the dogs. 📸
11/02/2023

After ice skating we run the dogs.

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There is one thing I love more then mushing and that is iceskating.
10/28/2023

There is one thing I love more then mushing and that is iceskating.

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6 Miles South Of Downtown Talkeetna
Talkeetna, AK
99676

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+19072323944

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May in Alaska. #spring #alaska #mushershomestead #alaskasnow #snow

Definitely snow and no beach sand. We did get a caribou. #arctic #brooksrange #wintervacation #wintercamping #hunting #alaskahunting #caribou #sleddogs #husky #mushershomestead

With no snowmachines allowed in this area, Rough and Tumble skijored in. 14 year of age but still young at heart, they are super dogs. #skijor #arctic #wintercamping #sleddogs #workingdogs #olddogs #huskies #mushing #mushershomestead

Arctic adventure. Sometimes you just have to load up the dogs and drive north. Thanks @frozentrident for putting the trail in. #arctic #mushing #caribou #workingsleddogs #sleddogs #huskies #honden #sledehonden #mushershomestead

Skijoring is like ice skating on snow. It’s fast, it’s smooth, it’s super fun. Only the downhills can get a bit sketchy but all dogs know how to follow which helps. #skijor #explorealaska #sleddogs #workingdogs #alaska #winter #snow #mushershomestead

Motor mushing aka marking the course for the MUTT race. #mushing #snowmachine #oldschool #1cylinder #nodogs #multiusetrails #friends #talkeetna #alaskacommunity

Crossing the divide following a wolf pack tracks. Love this life. #sleddogs #workingdogs #mydogs #huskies #alaska #alaskahusky #mushershomestead #dogs #campingwithdogs

The White Mountains, Alaska delivered again. 120 miles / 4 cabins #sleddogs #whitemountains #snow #alaska #dogs #workingdogs #mushing #expedition #cabins #campingwithdogs #mushershomestead

It’s happening #iceskating #nordicskating #schaatsen #natuurijs #alaska #alaskafall #alaskawinter #naturalice #frozenlake

The moose alarm sounded. #moose #alaskamoose #alaska #wildlife #alaskawildlife #backyard #sleddogs #mushershomestead #alaska

Another day, another lake. Snow in the forecast for tonight. I am so not okay with that. #nordicskating #skating #alaskalife #natuurijs #schaatsen

We found some clean but thin ice. 📷 @snowskirts #iceskating #naturalice #nordicskating #schaatsen #natuurijs #klapschaats #mushershomestead

Best time of the year. #nordicskating #iceskating #schaatsen #klapschaats #natuurijs #naturalice #mushershomestead

Fall scenes - 2 miles. Still 8 dogs strong. Keeping an eye on Rachel. Although her tug line was tight the whole run, she is at the point of retirement / becoming my first pet dog. #training #workingdogs #mushing #drymushing #huskies #alaskahusky #mushershomestead

The human pet machine. Nothing better than hanging with this bunch. #dogrun #sleddogs #workingdogs #packofdogs #in alaskahusky #myteam #mushershomestead #alaskahomestead #mylife

Replaced the fluffies for some other fluffies. Went to see the salmon fishing Katmai bears at Brooks Falls. What an experience to see these brown bears up close and to have the time to observe their behavior without being in panic mode. Very unreal. #brownbears #katmainationalpark #brooksfalls #alaskabears #alaska #mushershomestead #sockeyesalmon

It’s hot. With the sun 19hrs shining and still no rain, it’s hot and dry out there. Waiting for winter. #alaskasummer #sleddogs #mushershomestead

Garden is going in. Squash. #sustainability #gardening #alaskagardening #alaskagrown #sleddogs #alaskasummer #mushershomestead #organicgardening #gardenhelper

Getting the wiggles out on the last snow. #sleddogs #dogrun #mushershomestead #grassisoverrated

Repost from @titanstraps That’s me and @titanstraps owner Cameron biking and packrafting along the Lost Coast from Yakutat to Gustavus. One of the best trips ever. We took the first prototypes of TitanStraps with us and the rest is history. The most handy allround straps to have around the homestead. #musherhomestead #lostcoast #alaskaadventure #packrafting #fattirebike #titanstraps #thelostcoast #bikerafting #bikepackraft #raftpacking #raftbiking #wildalaska #bikeraftingalaska #adventurestraps #whalewatching #icystrait #rubberstraps #madeforadventure

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The Flower Kennel and Homestead

Tours can be booked online at flowerkennel.com or phone 907-232-3944

The Flower Kennel and Homestead is a 40 acre musher’s homestead tucked away in the Talkeetna Boreal forest, just south of Talkeetna. We live a sustainable life as much as possible and enjoy every day of hard work. The sled dogs are part of the family, and a major component in the tasks of gathering firewood, hauling water and hunting caribou in spring.

We are a small locally owned operation and our tours are casual and personal. Visiting the Flower Kennel and Homestead makes you step into the unique off-grid Alaska lifestyle and learn about Alaska sled dogs. Our tours are a snapshot of our year round Alaskan life and we are grateful to share it with our guests.

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