Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard

June Is the Month to . . . Plant of the Month: Old Gardener Finds a New Plant What I Did on My Summer Vacation — the Prequel Learning and Laughter: The Hancock/Washington County Master Gardener Book Club Food & Nutrition: Storing and Preparing Homegrown Vegetables for Optimal Nutrition Photos by Edwin Remsberg, unless otherwise […]

May Is the Month to . . . What is a Community Garden? My Favorite Flower: Iris Maine Harvest for Hunger Reached Milestones in 2015 Food & Nutrition: Fiddleheads and Rhubarb — Maine Foods for May Become a Citizen Scientist and Help Research Wild Leeks in Maine! May Is the Month to . . . […]

April Is the Month to . . . Citizen Scientists Needed to Help with the Maine Wild Leek Project Project Profile: “Kid’s Harvest!” in Standish Maine with Master Gardener Mim Walker Wild Tulips (Tulipa turkestanica, biflora fosterina, tarda, sylvestris, etc.) Food & Nutrition: Basic “Your Choice” Vinaigrette April Is the Month to . . . […]

March Is the Month to . . . Prune Your Blueberries! Staff Favorites — Pussy Willow (Salix discolor) Two Years of One Tomato Food & Nutrition: Make Mine REAL Maple Syrup! March Is the Month to . . . By Amy Witt, Home Horticulturist, UMaine Exyension Cumberland County Prune fruit trees and certain woody landscape […]

October Is the Month to . . . Winter Is the Time to . . . Help Us Celebrate Farm to School Month! Meet Maine’s Master Gardeners: John Beraud Food & Nutrition: How to Prepare Winter Squash October Is the Month to . . . By Peter Bastien, Community Education Assistant, UMaine Extension Somerset County […]

September Is the Month to . . . Co-existing with Woodchucks in the Garden Fiddleheads: Grow Your Own! Meet Maine’s Master Gardeners: Elissa Gifford Food & Nutrition: Let’s Preserve Tomatoes! September Is the Month to . . . By Kathy Hopkins, Extension Educator, UMaine Extension Somerset County Continue harvesting crops. Donate excess produce through the […]

August Is the Month to . . . Cultivating a New Generation of Gardeners Managing Landscape Plants in Clay Soil The Importance of Light in Raising Chickens for Eggs Meet Maine’s Master Gardeners: Karen Conlon August Is the Month to . . . By Tori Lee Jackson, Associate Professor of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University […]

July Is the Month to . . . In the Orchard New Fact Sheet — Let’s Preserve: Dried Herbs York County Master Gardener “Diggin’ It” Garden Tour July Is the Time to Plan for Cover Crops Topsham Public Library Garden Projects Savor the Season Pickling: Beyond Cucumbers July Is the Month to . . . […]

June Is the Month to . . . Growing Vegetables in Clay Soil The Seed — What a Remarkable Package! Meet Maine’s Master Gardeners: Pat Bears Green Beans June Is the Month to . . . By Donna Coffin, Extension Educator, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Piscataquis County Finish planting your cold-susceptible transplants like tomatoes, […]