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.

Help these threatened 'keystone organisms' by planting a bee-friendly garden.

In a common American story, ketchup immigrated from abroad and adapted once it reached these shores.

While snap peas are flourishing, other plants clearly need a healthy dose of warm summer weather.

Pearled Black Nile Barley comes from an Aroostook County to your plate (with a brief stop at Maine Grains).

Plenty of bugs can help in your fight against aphids and their ilk. Step one: Attract the beneficials to your garden.

Cultivating Community organizes the effort in which volunteers harvest excess greens from Six River Farm in Bowdoinham and Little Ridge Farm and Chirp Creek in Lisbon.

When you are throwing a large party that requires disposable dishware, choose carefully.

Many shrubs that blossom in the spring have liked all the rain, and consider this: You don't have to constantly drag hoses around the yard.

When it's a plant-based fish. Rep. Jared Golden jumps into the labeling fray over vegan foods.

The flowers are striking, the plants can live for 100 years, and with four types, it's easy to find one that suits your gardening needs.

The essentials of nettles are simple: Wear gloves to protect yourself from the sting, and blanch.

Though it was a cure-all in ancient Rome and Greece, Americans today rarely use lovage. It is strong but tasty and has many excellent uses in the kitchen.

In truth, bell peppers would like a longer, warmer growing season than Maine offers. (And so might we humans.)

State lawmakers are weighing whether to allocate $3 million to continue a hunger relief program, which buys fresh produce from 75 Maine farms, for two more years.

The state will work with advocacy groups, farmers, commercial fishers, state agencies and others to come up with a plan.

Bonus: At the end of the day, you've just a single pan to wash.