Maine Gardens and Gardening - Reeser Manley
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"Got your peas in yet?" So far it is a question asked in jest, a poke at the impatience of gardeners. more
One out of every three bites of food you eat depends on insect pollination. In the garden, you depend on pollinators, mainly bees, for success with tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, summer and winter … more
We lost the birds in Marjorie’s garden this winter. They were there in the beginning, a flock of 30 goldfinches in drab winter dress taking every perch at the porch feeders just before the big … more
When it comes to choosing the best carrot variety to grow in your garden, the last place a first-year gardener needs to go is a seed catalog — or at least most of them. more
Talk about kohlrabi Last week’s column on kohlrabi spawned several e-mails, among them a message from Allison Keef. She and her husband, Ralph, have been gardening on 5 acres in Hermon since … more
Last week, reading about the importance of plant species diversity in ecosystems, it occurred to me that biodiversity is also an important consideration in planning the vegetable garden, that the … more
With both Marjorie and Lynne away, only the two old dogs were with me in the garden on Saturday morning. My list of weekend chores, created over coffee while waiting for the sun, began with “MT … more
I have gardening in raised beds on my mind these winter days. We are planning a schoolyard community garden in Eastport at the high school where I teach and where barely buried ledge leaves little topsoil in which to garden. more
There was a brief moment, only for a few hours, when snow worked magic in Marjorie’s garden. It was early in the morning and early in the storm, the day before the big blow. I awoke to a landscape … more
Gardeners will be planting more trees than ever this coming spring as we try to make a difference in the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. more
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