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Maine Home Garden News – June

In This Issue: June Gardening Notes: Edges of Early Summer Big Yields on Small Plots: Container Gardening Seeing Seeds Differently: Cilantro and Cumin Seasonal Sightings: Canada Serviceberry Maine’s New Interactive Map for Invasive Forest Pests Cucumber Beetles Libra Sun Flower Farm – A Certified Pollinator Friendly Garden Ask the Expert: Voles and Groundhogs Featured Resource: […]

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Woodland plant with 5 deep red flowers each comprised of three large petals backed by three pointed bracts. The flowers are at the tips of roughly 4" stems each bearing a trio of large green leaves. Plant is growing up through forest leaf litter.

Maine Home Garden Newsletter – May

In This Issue: Five Things Every Maine Gardener Should Be Doing in May Seasonal Sightings Big Yields on Small Plots: Trellises Eat the Pansies: How to Elevate Garden-to-Table Meals with Edible Flowers Seeing Seeds Differently (Part 2) Applying Soil Amendments Lyme Disease Awareness Month Featured Resource Ask the Expert Maine Weather and Climate Overview Five […]

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Partially opened pale pink magnolia bloom among many fuzzy flower buds on magnolia shrub. Bright green grass and brown (dormant) garden with a painted fence in background. 

Maine Home Garden News – April

In This Issue: April Is the Month to . . . Seasonal Sightings Finding Your Place in Community Gardens Soil Fertility Basics Big Yields on Small Plots: Succession Planting Pollinator Ponderings: Beginnings Seeing Seeds Differently Ask the Expert What Mainers are Asking About Jumping Worms MeshTech: A New Strategy for Managing Knotweed Maine Weather and […]

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A vase full of yellow flowering forsythia stems on a kitchen countertop beside an assortment of colorful glassware, oil lamps and dishwashing supplies. An evergreen tree can be spotted through a window in the background.

Maine Home Garden News – March 2026

In This Issue: March Is the Month to . . . Matrix Planting: What is it and why consider if for your garden? Plant Disease Diagnostics Self-Paced Course Spring Learning Opportunities Managing Garden Soil pH Ask the Expert: How do rhododendron blooms survive our cold winters? Featured Resource: The Seed Library Network Featured Flashback: How […]

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Snowy woods scene. A light layer of snow covers a tractor road and evergreen trees on either side of tractor road. 

Maine Home Garden News – December

In This Issue: December Is the Month to . . . Winter Connections A Heartfelt Thank You to Our Newsletter Team Flowering in the North Conference Backyard Bird of the Month: Redpoll What’s in the House? Oh, Christmas Tree Maine Weather and Climate Overview December Is the Month to . . . By Kate Garland, […]

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a lineup of various types of winter squash sitting on a bale of straw in front of a hay rake with greenhouse and wooden shade structure blurred in the far background. Squash vary in color from fully dark green to green and bright orange stripes and are a mix of oblong and rounded shapes.

Maine Home Garden News – November

In This Issue: November Is the Month to . . . Sowing Native Seeds in Containers Greening Your Houseplant Thumb Backyard Bird of the Month: Barred Owls Q&A Sleepy Bees Maine Weather and Climate Overview November Is the Month to . . . By Kate Garland, Horticulture Professional Feel free to leave carrots, beets, and […]

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Maine Home Garden News – October

In This Issue: October Is the Month to . . . Growing Together in the Orono Community Giving Garden Creating a Native Wildflower Meadow Digging, Dividing and Replanting Peonies Fall Learning Opportunities for Gardeners and Professionals Backyard Bird of the Month: American Redstart Maine Weather and Climate Overview October Is the Month to . . […]

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A person holds a purple, heart-shaped potato in front of a dark blue pickup truck with "The University of Maine Cooperative Extension" logo on the door. The scene is outdoors on a sunny day with green grass in the foreground.

Maine Home Garden News – September

In This Issue: September Is the Month to . . . Fall Learning Opportunities Collecting Native Perennial Seeds: A How to Guide for Beginners UMA Community Garden Profile Annual Obsolete Pesticide Disposal Program Maine Forest Service Insect and Disease Conditions Report Backyard Bird of the Month: Fish Crow Maine Weather and Climate Overview September Is […]

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Single dahlia flower in a garden with a painted fence in the blurred background. Flower has approximately 10 yellow petals edged in red with red streaks blushing many of the petals. Orange center. 

Maine Home Garden News – August

In This Issue: August Is the Month to . . . Think First…Spray Last! Pollinator Ponderings: Stellar Summer Native Plants Book Review: Glorious Shade Profiles in Urban Agriculture: Growing an Urban Orchard Backyard Bird of the Month: Red-bellied Woodpecker Maine Weather and Climate Overview August Is the Month to . . . By Kate Garland, […]

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