Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard

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, […]

May Is the Month to . . . Mini-hoophouse for the Home Garden Lyme Disease Awareness — Message from Maine CDC The DEAN Garden: A Master Gardener Volunteer Project for People Living with HIV Using Fresh Herbs in the Kitchen May Is the Month to . . . By Amy Witt, Horticulturist, University of Maine […]

April Is the Month to . . . Perennial Food Crops for Your Backyard An Edible Landscape Enticing Beneficial Insects to Your Garden Project Profile: The Penobscot County Master Gardener Demonstration Garden at Rogers Farm Edible Wild Spring Greens: Fiddleheads and More! Maine Greenhouse and Nursery Day April Is the Month to . . . […]

March Is the Month to . . . Maine Gardening Challenges for 2015 One Tomato Project Glass Gem Corn — “The most beautiful corn in the world” Planning a Preserving Garden March Is the Month to . . . By Peter Bastien, Community Education Assistant, UMaine Extension Somerset County, peter.d.bastien@maine.edu Force trees and branches. Forsythia is […]

October Is the Month to . . . Are You Thinking of Raising Poultry? School Gardening Programs Facts About Leaf Color in Maine Winter Squash and Pumpkins October Is the Month to . . . By Amy Witt, Horticulturist, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, amy.witt@maine.edu Walk around the outside of your house and gardens and […]

September Is the Month to . . . How to Harvest and Store Onions and Winter Squash Root Cellaring Master Garden Project Profile: The Garden Angel Project Ripen and Preserve End of Season Green Tomatoes September Is the Month to . . . Clear the gardens of dead and dying debris. The end of the […]

August Is the Month to . . . Native Perennials for Late Season Bee Gardens Cover Crops for the Home Gardener Tomatoes: Maine Foods for August August Is the Month to . . . By Tori Lee Jackson, Extension Educator, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Harvest, Harvest, Harvest! August is one of the most productive […]

July Is the Month to . . . July is a Big Month for Garlic Community Garden at the Dempsey Center for Cancer, Hope & Healing Grows! Four Season Garden Structures for the Maine Home Garden Working To Reduce School Food Waste — A 4-H Project Food & Nutrition: Freezing Garden Vegetables July Is the […]