Maine Gardener

Published
June 15, 2014

Enjoy your pick of blooms to grace garden and home

When planting, consider flowers that look beautiful outside and in a vase.
Published
June 8, 2014

How to have berries as local as your backyard

The Big Three for small fruit in Maine are strawberries, blueberries and raspberries, and there are three secrets for success.
Published
May 31, 2014

Rhododendron or azalea? Or both?

Here's the lowdown on hardiness, colors and timing.
Published
May 25, 2014

You don’t need a lot of land to grow vegetables

Containers will do nicely.
Published
May 18, 2014

Deep freeze in December may pay off on the pest battlefront

We might get lucky with fewer winter moths posing risks to trees.
Published
May 11, 2014

Tom Atwell on buying seedlings at the farmers market

Compare, bargain shop and discover unusual varieties.
Published
May 4, 2014

Asparagus and rhubarb announce the spring

The two best perennial vegetables come into their own in May, a great time for planting as well as eating them. Asparagus is a classy vegetable, justifiably popular in high-end restaurants, whether prepared with sauces, shaved into salads, or just lightly steamed and served with butter and pepper. Rhubarb is more down-home, a spring tonic […]
Published
April 27, 2014

Is new necessarily improved?

Local nurseries enumerate this year’s harvest of new plants.
Published
April 20, 2014

Plans for this summer in the garden

Plant more asparagus, create a path, and move the blueberries
Published
April 13, 2014

Permaculture gardening growing fast

Although a fringe movement elsewhere, it’s booming in Maine.

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