Replace your lawn with a meadow of native perennials. Then sit back and wait for the birds, bees and butterflies to show up.
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Maine Gardener: When it comes to Christmas trees, balsam or Fraser?
Each of the firs has its advantages: The balsam smells wonderful. The Fraser doesn’t lose its needles as fast.
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What does a gardener need for winter? A good book about gardening, of course
Read on for tidbits from and summaries of several gardening books published in 2020.
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Maine Gardener: Have your office plants survived the pandemic?
House plant SOS! When employees were sent home to work in March, in some cases their office plants felt the neglect.
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Despite the drought, the 2020 gardening season was one for the books
Thanks to watering with a garden hose, both the flowers and vegetables flourished.
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Garden cleanup means chores and decisions
Feed and shelter wild animals? Or clean up the mess in the perennial garden? Each approach has advantages and disadvantages.
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How to turn annuals into perennials – of sorts
Some annuals in your garden have monetary or sentimental value. Here’s how to keep them for another year.
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Lawn products that don’t do your lawn, or the planet, any good
Avoid plastic, fertilize in the appropriate season, and just say no to phosphorus.
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Maine Gardener: An exciting discovery in his very own backyard
Several native black cherry trees grew up, unseen, under our columnist’s very eyes. The tree provides many benefits to Maine birds, butterflies and mammals.
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Maine Gardener: When does ultimate size not mean ultimate size?
A: When you are talking to a nursery about the size of a tree or shrub.