Maine Gardener: Maxims for creating your green space

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Published
August 21, 2022

Maine Gardener: Maxims for creating your green space

Make it durable, doable - and have fun.
Published
August 14, 2022

Maine Gardener: Some tomato talk for tomato season

If you don't know the indigo cherry, you are in for a happy surprise. They're bountiful, easy to grow and mighty nice to eat, too.
Published
July 31, 2022

Maine Gardener: The thing about gardening? There are always surprises

This week it was the berries on the potato plants. You read that right: potato berries.
Published
July 24, 2022

Green Plate Special: Flower power on the plate (and in the glass)

Use edible flowers to add whimsy, flavor, texture and dimension to your meals, fancy or not.
Published
July 24, 2022

Maine Gardener: Tips for clematis care from an expert

Cindy Tibbetts, of Hummingbird Farm, has expanded the varieties of clematis vines she sells and propagates.
Published
July 22, 2022

Reporting Aside: Winslow club planting the seeds for a town to grow

Sue and Rick Dutil started the Winslow Garden Club this year and it now has 19 members doing their part to make the town shine, Amy Calder writes.
Published
July 18, 2022

More than half of Maine in moderate drought

The worsening conditions mean increased costs for farmers and their customers, but there's a silver lining for fans of Maine blueberries.
Published
July 17, 2022

Maine Gardener’s garden update: The worries, the glories, the berries

Columnist Tom Atwell tells us how his garden grows.
Published
July 10, 2022

Maine Gardener: The state finalizes its list of invasive plants that can no longer be sold in Maine

Rosa Rugosa, a beach rose beloved by many in Maine, is in a category of its own.
Published
July 3, 2022

Maine Gardener: A ray of hope for getting rid of the destructive emerald ash borer

A group of UMaine students and their professor are on the job, combining an array of tactics to try to eliminate the invasive pest, which could decimate Maine's ash trees.