Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard

March Is the Month to . . . How to Make a Twiggy Trellis Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys Misbranded/Adulterated Pesticide Product Five Award-Winning Tomato Varieties to Consider Auburn Community Garden Initiative: Growing Community as Well as Plants Food & Nutrition: Cooking for Crowds — Food Safety Training for Volunteers March Is the […]

October Is the Month to . . . Avoid Ticks While Enjoying Your Garden Lindera benzoin: A Rare but Useful Shrub Blaine House Gardens Mainers Urged to Sign Up for Free Disposal of Unusable Pesticides Food & Nutrition: Relish Please, let us know about the difference we have made in your gardening endeavors! We hope […]

September Is the Month to . . . Establishing a Wildflower Garden from Seed Goldenrods and Asters: Ecologically Functional Perrenials for your Autumn Garden Slow Growth Approach and Dedicated Volunteers Produce Big Results at Manchester Elementary School Long Thought to Be Extirpated Unicorn Root Found Food & Nutrition: Specialty Ingredients Used in Preserving Pickles September […]

August Is the Month to . . . Now Is a Great Time to Take Stem Cuttings Anenome ‘Honorine Jobert’ Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum Food & Nutrition: Preserving Tomatillos August Is the Month to . . . By Tori Lee Jackson, Associate Professor of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Androscoggin and […]

July Is the Month to . . . Weed Control Methods Plant Profile: Viburnum lentago (nannyberry) The Gardens at UMaine’s 4-H Camp & Learning Center at Blueberry Cove Food & Nutrition: Starting a Value-Added Food Business July Is the Month to . . . By Kate Garland, Horticultural Professional, UMaine Extension Penobscot County Find great […]

June Is the Month to . . . The Scoop on Neonicotinoids Minimizing Disease Pressure Miniature Rose Plants — Divas Need Not Apply Volunteer Spotlight: Forest Hills Gardens in Jackman Food & Nutrition: Ways to Use Less Sugar in Homemade Jams and Jellies June Is the Month to . . . By Kathy Hopkins, Extension […]

April Is the Month to . . . Finding Gardening-Life Balance Getting Your Garden Tools Ready for the Season 2017 One TomatoTM Distribution Food & Nutrition: Using Fresh Herbs in Cooking April Is the Month to . . . By Trisha Smith, Community Education Assistant, UMaine Extension Piscataquis County Get outside and see the earth […]

March Is the Month to . . . Practice Pruning Trees and Shrubs this Spring Last Chance to help with the Maine Wild Leek Project! Sowing the Seeds of Gleaning Food & Nutrition: Master Food Preserver: A Decade of Success! March Is the Month to . . . By Donna Coffin, Extension Professor, UMaine Extension […]