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April 6, 2020
Starting Your Own Cut Flower Garden – Flower Selection
When starting your own cut flower garden, choosing from amongst the enormous variety of seeds out there can be a…
April 1, 2020
5 Crops For Your Victory Garden
These days, terms like “Victory Garden” and “Make Do and Mend” rise up from collective memory, coming readily to mind….
March 30, 2020
Indoor Seed Starting 101
Winters in Maine are long, cold, and mostly gray. If you’re a gardener like me, sustained by beauty and color…
March 25, 2020
Wetland Edibles
Early spring (aka “mud season”) is the perfect time to take a walk around your property to discover any low-lying…
March 23, 2020
A Purpose for Pine
“No one can look at a pine tree in winter without knowing that spring will come again in due time.”…
August 2, 2019
Deb Soule & Healing Root Remedies
If you’ve been to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens lately, then you know that this season we’re focusing our attention on…
May 8, 2019
The Many Wonders of the Elder Plant (Sambucus nigra and Canadensis)
Let me introduce you to elder, one of my favorite herbs of all time. Not only is this herb incredibly…
April 25, 2019
Creating Bird-Friendly Habitats
Creating a bird-friendly backyard habitat can be as low-maintenance as installing nesting boxes, bird feeders and a simple birdbath, or…