If your neighbor’s yard is uneasy on eyes, consider creating a screen by mixing native plants for the required height.
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Orchard at Thompson’s Point will be a work of art
Sam Van Aken’s Tree of 40 Fruit project at Thompson’s Point is already fruitful.
Life can be a bowl of fast-ripening, foraged or cultivated husk cherries
Husk cherries have gone from foraged to farmed. Is it OK to eat them?
Mainer Caitlin Shetterly takes on the topic of GMOs in new book, ‘Modified’
She goes searching for truths after her health improves when she cuts corn from her diet.
Andrew Mefferd carves a career out of his 2 loves
He started out wanting to be a journalist, fell in love with farming and now combines the two in Cornville.
Farm leftovers to be used to feed 5,000 in Portland
On Oct. 7, a coalition of groups concerned about hunger will feed stew made from produce gleaned from local fields to thousands in Portland.
Mussel population loses strength in Gulf of Maine
Warming ocean water, increases in human harvesting and the introduction of new predatory invasive species all appear to play a role.
Fedco bulbs grown locally benefit Maine farmers and buyers
The seed cooperative based in Clinton purchases bulbs such as garlic and colchicum from the state’s growers as much as possible.
Gleaned beans feed the hungry
Volunteers follow an Old Testament practice in a Cape Elizabeth field to gather vegetables for food pantries.
Grow: Rose of Sharon goes from ungainly to gorgeous
It has its gardening challenges, but in August the blossom payoff is big.