Maine Gardener: Preventing pollution should be top of mind when making yardscaping plans

Maine Gardener

Published
March 19, 2023

Maine Gardener: Preventing pollution should be top of mind when making yardscaping plans

Supporting native insects is another important consideration.
Published
March 12, 2023

What impact will this winter’s waffling weather have on your garden this summer?

The answer has to do in part with how well you readied the garden last fall.
Published
March 5, 2023

For better-looking lettuce, look to one-cut varieties

The heads produce a greater number of uniform leaves with a single cut.
Published
February 19, 2023

The Maine Gardener’s Hawaiian Adventure, Part 2

Even when he's away from his garden, Atwell thinks about gardens. In Hawaii, he visited a thriving organic farm and learned how chocolate is made.
Published
February 12, 2023

The Maine Gardener’s Hawaiian adventure

The trees in Hawaii grow tall, but not strong, pineapples are less important than you thought, and more fun facts about Hawaiian flora.
Published
February 5, 2023

In the depths of winter, a gardener looks for something, anything, to do

It's too early to plant, but not too early to plan.
Published
January 29, 2023

Skip the grow lights. Try a method that’s stood the test of time

A centuries-old gardening method for starting seedlings is finding new life.
Published
January 22, 2023

Viles Arboretum experiments with ‘Forest of the Future’

As climate change alters conditions for Maine's flora, the arboretum experiments with non-native trees to figure out which species could thrive in warmer conditions.
Published
January 8, 2023

Protecting soil, in Maine’s forests and backyards, is a key to carbon neutrality

With its abundance of forested land, the state is well positioned to meet its goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2030.
Published
January 1, 2023

Then and now: Reflecting on nearly 50 years on one patch of earth

In the early days, Atwell and his wife tilled, installed lawn, and reached for fertilizers and insecticides. But as time has gone by, the couple has become more and more attuned to nature's needs in their garden.