When you think of your garden as a colorful extension of nature, there's less deadheading and less order, but more food and habitat for creatures who need it.

Eat well and learn Maine's food systems, bite by delicious bite.

The extremely aggressive invasive plant is here, there and everywhere, and it's almost impossible to get rid of.

What should you do to keep your plants healthy and thriving despite the heat and extremes?

Skunked beer has several uses, culinary and otherwise.

The new sidebar to this column that serves to both inspire cooks and contain food waste will be called 'No Loose Ends.'

Columnist Tom Atwell plants, and compares, four varieties . Which will he pick to plant again next year?

How to avoid overeating, over-shopping, wasting food, wasting money and eating a joyless diet of leftovers.

These shrubs produce beautiful fall colors and berries, extending the garden season.

Rather than waste water to wash used food jars and tubs, first make vinaigrette, dessert sauce, sweetener for tea and more right in the containers.

But it's not as straightforward as weed, till and plant.

Don't let your garden go green. These flowers will add color even as the gardening season winds down.

Do you feast on flaxseeds? Snack on sesames? Pig out on pepitas? Follow these guidelines to do so while maintaining a small ecological footprint.

How to get rid of weeds? Get out there and regularly weed.

Don't let it go bad and pour it down the sink. Much better to make stone fruit crumble.

Humans should follow suit to help Maine's fisheries rebound.

Have an empty space in your vegetable bed? Here's how to fill it with a cover crop.

International trade conditions have affected production and product costs for central Maine farmers, despite their back-breaking work.

Picture sorbet, but flakier, plus you don't need any special equipment to make it.

An Ohio State guide says raspberries are a weed. Crazy talk and another reason to be glad we live in Maine.

Its first cherry harvest is being used in a sour blonde ale.

Blooms and vegetables are late but plentiful.

Support farmers and farm animals, pollinators, Maine's economy and good health – both the soil's and your own.

Whatever you do, don't throw them out. Terrific ways to transform mushy berries abound.

Gardeners often plant chiefly with their eyes, but incorporating their noses can make gardens even nicer.

On the plus side, green beans are easy to grow, and there are several interesting varieties.

For the farmer, a goat dairy operation is a comparatively easy entry point into the cheese-making world.

This recipe for Ginger-Garlic Miso Soup can be entirely locally sourced.

Bring a camera, a pen and a notebook.

Gov. Janet Mills has signed bills that provide $1.4 million to help school districts and food pantries buy food grown on Maine farms.