The UMaine Cooperative Extension is researching the state’s native elderberry and assisting in its commercial production
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Add flower power to your plate with hostas
Hungry? Why not grab something from your flower garden.
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Grow sunflowers for splendor and seeds
Varieties provide easy to grow, pollen-free flowers of varying heights
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Saffron can be grown in Maine, but it can be labor intensive
Saffron, the world’s most expensive spice, is growing in Penobscot County.
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Choose a good-looking climbing plant that’s not too aggressive
Give your landscape some vertical diversity with vines.
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Sustainable beauties live long and need little to prosper
These flowering plants require little care and some could outlive you.
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The rain has delayed potato planting this spring
But this week is a good time to get to it.
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Plant these 12 shrubs, and you’ll have blooms from the start to end of the gardening season
This lovely dozen provides a progression of color for nine months of the year.
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Swiss chard can brighten a chilly, gray spring
Swiss chard is one of the most forgiving and most rewarding vegetables you can grow in your garden.
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Groundwork laid for a fruitful year
If you, too, dream of homegrown berries and peaches, here are tips drawn from sometimes disappointing experience.