This is the season for planting bulbs. When the snow starts to melt, their cheerful blossoms are the first sign of spring.
Maine Gardener
A progress report: The columnist’s garden in September
The plentiful blooms make a powerful argument for late bloomers. But the tomatoes, sigh, are taking their own sweet time.
Good ole reliable phlox
The many gloomy days this summer have added to phloxes’ bright, pretty charm.
Guide to growing shallots
Shallot be an unfamiliar allium it the garden this year? The Atwells say yes.
Give your garden that certain je nais se quois with topiary
Snug Harbor Farm in Kennebunk sells topiary and teaches classes in how to train and prune plants into stylized shapes.
Bethel land trust connecting people with their own backyards
The Mahoosuc Land Trust is using gardening as a way to encourage conservationism.
Most succulents are desert plants, but a few will thrive in Maine
A bird bath finds new use as a planter for succulents.
Mid-season report: The flowers have liked all the rain. The fruit and vegetables? Not so much
Strawberries were a bit of a disappointment, the raspberries came early, and the blueberries are looking good – fingers crossed!
Gardening: Just what the doctor ordered
Therapeutic horticulture can help people recover from illness, medical events like strokes and heart attacks, and mental health challenges such as PTSD.
The conversion of a green bean hater
An avowed green bean hater discovers haricots verts, and his world, or at least his table, is rocked. He’s planted one crop of the skinnier, more tender bean, and is planning a second.